Earthquakes
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| a machine that records ground movement in an earthquake | seismograph
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| a paper record of ground movement during an earthquake | seismogram
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| fastest moving seismic wave | Primary Wave
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| the seismic wave that is longitudinal | Primary Wave
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| the seismic wave that can't travel through liquids | Secondary Wave
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| the slowest and most destructive seismic wave | Surface Wave
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| the place deep underground where seismic waves are released | focus
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| the place right above the focus where a quake is first felt by humans | epicenter
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| the use of three seismic stations to find the location of an epicenter | triangulation
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| A wave transfers ______________, but not ________. | energy, matter
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| top of a transverse wave | crest
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| bottom of a transverse wave | trough
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| "smashed" part of a longitudinal wave | compression
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| "unsmashed" part of a longitudinal wave | rarefaction
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| the material through which a wave passes | medium
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| a wave that requires a medium to be transmitted | mechanical wave
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