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Chapter 6 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| P Wave | the seismic wave that arrives first |
| Normal Fault | a fault caused by tension |
| Magnitude | a number geologists assign an earthquake based on its side |
| Tension | a type of stress that stretches rock |
| Surface Wave | the slowest type of seismic waves |
| Strike - Slip Fault | a fault caused by shearing |
| Stress | a force that changes a rocks shape or volume |
| Shearing | a type of stress that pushes rock in opposite directions |
| Seismograph | an instrument that measures seismic waves |
| Seismogram | the record of an earthquakes seismic waves |
| S Wave | the seismic waves that arrives second |
| Reverse Fault | a fault caused by compression |
| Liquefaction | the effect of violent shaking of the ground turning loose, soft soil into liquid mud |
| Friction | the force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface |
| Focus | the center of an earthquake beneath Earth's surface |
| Epicenter | the center of an earthquake on Earth's surface |
| Compression | a type of stress that squeezes rock |
| Base - Isolated Building | a building to minimize the amount of shaking of the building caused by earthquakes |
| Aftershock | an earthquake that occurs after a large earthquake |
| Tsunami | a giant wave usually caused by an earthquake beneath the ocean floor |
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