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sience notes to study for sicence quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move thourgh earth. | Seismograph |
| The shaking that results from the movement of the rock beneath earths surface. | Earthquake |
| A type of seismic wave that compresses and expands the ground. | P waves |
| Stress that pushes the mass of rock in oppisite directions. | Shearing |
| A breaking in the Earths crust where slabs of rock slip past each other | Fault |
| A fault where the hanging wall slides downward caused by tension in the crust. | Normal fault |
| A change in the volume or shape of earths crust | Defermation |
| A scale that rates seismic waves as measured by a paticular type of mechanical seismograph. | Richtet Scale |