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