Abby chapter 6 vocab
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| a large section of earths crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere | plate
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| surface along which rocks move when they passs their elastic limit and break | fault
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| vibrations produced when rocks break along a fualt | earthquake
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| break ion rock caused by tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface | normal fault
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| break in rock caused by compressive forces, where rock above the fault surfaces move upward rocks relative to the rock bleow the fault surface | reverse fault
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| break in rock caused by shear forces, where rocks move past each other without much vertical movement | strike-slip fault
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| rhythmic omvemenmt that carries energy though matter and space | wave
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| wave genersted by an earthquake | seismic wave
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| in an earthquake, the point below Earths surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves | focus
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| seismic wave that moves rock particles back-and-forth in the sane direction that the wave travels | primary wave
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| seismic wave that moves rocks particles at rigth angles to the direction of the wave | secondary wave
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| seismic waves that moves rock particles up-and-down in backward rolling motion and side-to-side ina swaying motion | surface wave
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| point on Earths surface directly above an earthquakes focus | epicenter
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| instrument used to register earthquake waves and record the time that each arrived | seismograph
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| the highest point of a wave | crest
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| measure of the energy released during an earthquake | magnitude
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| occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake | liquefaction
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| seismic seawave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive when it crashes on shore | tsunami
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