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sience earthquake

QuestionAnswer
faults large cracks in the earths boundary
continental drift when plates move away from each other
plate tectonics many large and small slaps of rock
earth's crust the top layer of the earth
foreshocks small quake before large quake
earthquake the vibration of earth produced by the rapid release of energy
focus the actual point in earths crust where waves begin
san andreas fault runs north to south in southern California
elastic rebound the spring back of rock to where it was
fault creep its the movement of rock overtime
aftershock smaller quake after large quake
displacement something moved from an earthquake
horizontal displacement when crust moves apart
verticle displacement when crust goes up
stick slip the movement away from two plates then snap back
elastic energy the sudden release of energy
thrust fault happen on convergent plate boundary
normal fault divergent plate boundary
strike slip fault transform plate boundary
seismologist someone who study's the earth and earthquakes
seismology the scientific study of earthquakes
seismograph an instrument that records earthquakes
seismogram a graph, a record of ground motion
seismic waves the force that travels through the earth
surface waves waves that travel on the surface
body waves they travel through the interior of the earth
p waves the main waves
s waves the aftershock
Created by: badkitty453
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