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earthquakes

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earthquake vibrations in earth caused by the sudden release of energy
crust the earth's outer layer, the coolest and least dense layer of the earth
fault a break or crack in earth lithosphere along which rocks move
mantle the layer of the earth beneath the crust
lithosphere a rigid layer made up of the uppermost part of the mantle and the crust
lithospheric plates are regions of earths crust and upper mantle that are fractured into plates that move across a deeper Plasticine mantle
seismologists A scientist who studies earthquakes
convergent colliding
divergent dividing
transform slide past each other
subduction the process by which oceanic crust sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle at a convergent plate boundaries
convection the transfer of thermal energy by the movement of a fluid
s wave shakes buildings from side to side
p wave caused buildings to contract and expand
surface wave shakes building violently
focus the point which a rock stress breaks and triggers an earthquake
epicenter the point on the surface directly above the focus
mercalli scale was used to rate earthquakes according to level of damage at a given place
Ricter scale geologist assign to an earthquake based on the size
moment magnitude scale is an estimate of the energy realize of an earthquake
magnitude the energy released in an earthquake
Tsunami a big wave
aftershock they happen after earthquakes, mini earthquake
liquefaction a liquid from a solid or a gas
seismograph instrument measuring and recording the vibrations
seismology the study of earthquakes
compression crushes in together
tension stretches something
plateau a land form that has high elevation and more less level surface
shearing stress that pushes mass of rock in opposite site direction in sideways movement
normal fault the hanging wall slips downward below the footwall
reverse fault there is little up-or-down motion
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