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Earthquakes
science vocab
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| Earthquakes are ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move suddenly and release energy. |
| The focus is a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake appears. |
| Directly above the focus on Earth's surface is the epicenter. |
| A tectonic plate boundary is where two or more tectonic plates meet. |
| A fault is a break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move. |
| Deformation is the process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress. |
| The return of rock to its original shape after elastic deformation is called elastic rebound. |