Chapter 6 Vocab
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| PLATE | A LARGE SECTION OF EARTH'S CRUST AND RIGID UPPER MANTLE THAT MOVES AROUND ON THE ASTHENOSPHERE
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| FAULT | SURFACE ALONG WHICH ROCKS MOVE WHEN THEY PASS THEIR ELASTIC LIMIT AND BREAK
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| EARHTQUAKE | VIBRATIONS PRODUCED WHEN ROCKS BREAK ALONG A FAULT
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| PLATE | A LARGE SECTION OF EARTH'S CRUST AND RIGID UPPER MANTLE THAT MOVES AROUND ON THE ASTHENOSPHERE
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| FAULT | SURFACE ALONG WHICH ROCKS MOVE WHEN THEY PASS THEIR ELASTIC LIMIT AND BREAK
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| PLATE | A LARGE SECTION OF EARTH'S CRUST AND RIGID UPPER MANTLE THAT MOVES AROUND ON THE ASTHENOSPHERE
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| FAULT | SURFACE ALONG WHICH ROCKS MOVE WHEN THEY PASS THEIR ELASTIC LIMIT AND BREAK
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| EARHTQUAKE | VIBRATIONS PRODUCED WHEN ROCKS BREAK ALONG A FAULT
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| STRIKE-SLIP FAULT | BREAK IN ROCK CAUSED BY SHEAR FORCES, WHER ROCKS MOVE PAST EACH OTHER WITHOUT MUCH VERTICAL MOVEMENT
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| REVERSE FAULT | BREAK IN ROCK CAUSED BY COMPRESSIVE FORCES, WHERE ROCK ABOVE THE FAULT SURFACE MOVES DOWN RELATIVE TO THE ROCK BELOW THE FAULT SURFACE
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| STRIKE-SLIP FAULT | BREAK IN ROCK CAUSED BY SHEAR FORCES, WHER ROCKS MOVE PAST EACH OTHER WITHOUT MUCH VERTICAL MOVEMENT
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| WAVE | RYTHMATIC MOVEMENT THAT CARRIES ENERGY THROUGH MATTER AND SPACE
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| FOCUS | IN AN EARTHQUAKE, THE POINT BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE ENERGY IS RELEASED IN THE FORM OF SEISMIC WAVES
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| FOCUS | IN AN EARTHQUAKE, THE POINT BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE ENERGY IS RELEASED IN THE FORM OF SEISMIC WAVES
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| SEISMIC WAVES | WAVE GENERATED BY AN EARTHQUAKE
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| PRIMARY WAVE | SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES ROCK PARTICLES BACK-AND-FORTH IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT THE WAVE TRAVELS
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| FOCUS | IN AN EARTHQUAKE, THE POINT BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE WHERE ENERGY IS RELEASED IN THE FORM OF SEISMIC WAVES
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| SEISMOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO REGISTER EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND RECORD THE TIME THAT EACH ARRIVED
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| SURFACE WAVE | SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES ROCK PARTICLES UP-AND-DOWN IN A BACKWARD ROLLING MOTION AND SIDE-TO-SIDE IN A SWAYING MOTION
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| EPICENTER | POINT ON EARTH'S SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE AN EARTHQUAKE'S FOCUS
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| PRIMARY WAVE | SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES ROCK PARTICLES BACK-AND-FORTH IN THE SAME DIRECTION THAT THE WAVE TRAVELS
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| SEISMOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO REGISTER EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND RECORD THE TIME THAT EACH ARRIVED
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| SEISMOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO REGISTER EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND RECORD THE TIME THAT EACH ARRIVED
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| SECONDARY WAVE | SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES ROCK PARTICLES AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE DIRECTION OF THE WAVE
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| SURFACE WAVE | SEISMIC WAVE THAT MOVES ROCK PARTICLES UP-AND-DOWN IN A BACKWARD ROLLING MOTION AND SIDE-TO-SIDE IN A SWAYING MOTION
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| EPICENTER | POINT ON EARTH'S SURFACE DIRECTLY ABOVE AN EARTHQUAKE'S FOCUS
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| SEISMOGRAPH | INSTRUMENT USED TO REGISTER EARTHQUAKE WAVES AND RECORD THE TIME THAT EACH ARRIVED
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