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Science
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| earthquke | plates shifting together and making the earth shake |
| crust | outermost layer of the earth |
| fault | a crack in the crust. volcano are found here |
| mantle | a layer of earth that is made of lava |
| lithosphere | the outermost shell of the crust |
| plate | sections of the lithosphere |
| seismologist | a person that studies earthquakes |
| s-waves | seismic waves that move in a s shape |
| p-waves | waves that have a push-pull movement |
| surface waves | when p and s waves reach the surface they turn into these |
| focus | the center of an earthquake |
| epicenter | a point, directly above the true center of disturbance, from which the shock waves of an earthquake apparently radiate. |
| seismic waves | p and s waves |
| magnitude | how scientist measure earthquakes |
| tsunami | when a earthquake in the ocean makes a mountain of water that grows |
| liquefaction | when soil gets transformed into a muddy subsidence |
| aftershock | more frequent mini earthquakes that come after a big one |
| base isolaters | pads at the bottom of a building |
| shear core walls | transfer quake energy to the walls. |
| cross bracing | metal bars placed in between floors to strengthen the building. |
| flexible pipe | bend as energy passes through the pipes |
| tension ties | a device that firmly ties the floors and celings of a building. |
| mass dampner | an protect that supports a building foundation |
| stress | the physical pressure, pull, or other force exerted on one thing by another; strain. |
| tension | the act of stretching or straining. |
| compression | the act of compressing. |
| strike slip | the component of slip on a fault parallel with the linear extension or strike of the fault. |
| normal fault | gravity fault. |
| reverse fault | a fault in which the rock above the fault plane is displaced upward relative to the rock below the fault plane |
| anticline | an anticlinal rock structure. |
| syncline | a synclinal fold |
| plateau | a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons. |
| hanging wall | Geology. a mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. |
| foot wall | Geology. a mass of rock overhanging a fault plane. |
| shearing | a strike slip fault |
| mercali scale | The Mercalli intensity scale is a seismic scale used for measuring the intensity of an earthquake. |
| richter scale | a scale, ranging from 1 to 10, for indicating the intensity of an earthquake. |
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