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Science 7th

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Earthquake   Energy waves passing through Earth, Shift in fault line, Volcanic activity.  
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Crust   Outer most, Rocky layer of Earth.  
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fault   Crack within Earths crust layer  
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mantle   Earths layer below the crust  
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lithosphere   outer most layer of earths layer that is rocky and solid  
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plates   one piece of earths crust  
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seismologist   a scientist who studies earthquakes  
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epicenter   the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.  
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Seismic waves   an elastic wave in the earth produced by an earthquake or other means.  
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p-waves   P-waves are a type of elastic wave, called seismic waves in seismology, that can travel through a continuum. The continuum is made up of gases, liquids, or solids, including the Earth. P-waves can be produced by earthquakes and recorded by seismographs  
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s-waves   A type of elastic wave, the S-wave, secondary wave, or shear wave is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, so named because they move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves.  
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surface waves   In physics, a surface wave is a mechanical wave that propagates along the interface between differing media, usually two fluids with different densities. A surface wave can also be an electromagnetic wave guided by a refractive index gradient.  
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seismograph   an instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.  
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magnitude   the great size or extent of something.  
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richter scale   a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake on the basis of seismograph oscillations.  
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mercalli scale   a scale formerly used to describe the magnitude of an earthquake  
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moment magnitude scale   a logarithmic scale of 1 to 10  
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tsunami   a long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.  
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leiquefaction   the conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid  
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aftershock   a smaller earthquake following the main shock of a large earthquake.  
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Base Isolators   building attached to its foundation to prevent damage  
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shear core walls   braced panels in the wall line using structural plywood sheathing with specific nailing at the edges and supporting framing of the panel.  
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tension ties   connecting walls and floors to prevent damage  
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cross braces   wood panels making an x on a wall to prevent damage  
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mass dampers   a device mounted in structures to reduce the amplitude of mechanical vibrations.  
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flexible pipe   a pipe that lets energy go through it and as it goes through it bends to prevent damage.  
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lithosphere   outermost shell of a rocky planet defined on the basis of the mechanical properties.  
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Tension   the state of being stretched tight.  
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compression   the action of compressing or being compressed.  
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shearing   break off or cause to break off, owing to a structural strain.  
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plateau   an area of relatively level high ground  
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normal fault   an inclined fault in which the hanging wall appears to have slipped downward relative to the footwall  
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reverse fault   thrust fault: a geological fault in which the upper side appears to have been pushed upward by compression  
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strike slip fault   a fault in which rock strata are displaced mainly in a horizontal direction, parallel to the line of the fault.  
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