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Vocab 1/11/17
Earth Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | A movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move |
| Elastic Rebound | The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its un-deformed shape |
| Focus | The location within earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs |
| Epicenter | The point on earths surface directly above an earthquakes starting point, or focus |
| Seismograph | An instrument that records vibrations in the ground |
| Seismogram | A tracing of earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph |
| Magnitude | A measure of the strength of an earthquake |
| Intensity | In earth science, the amount of damage caused by an earthquake |
| Tsunami | A giant ocean wave that forms after a volcanic eruption, submarine earthquake, or landslide |