A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move.

A measure of the damage done by an earthquake that is determined on the basis of the earhquake's effect on people, structures, and the natural environment.

A measure of the total amount of energy released at the focus of a earthquake.

The amount of force being applied to a rock or surface.

A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.

The record is made by a seismograph; the paper on which data about earthquake waves is recorded.

An instrument used to detect earthquake waves.

refers to the stress building in rocks that causes them to slip, releasing energy as seismic waves.

the squeezing stress that pushes rocks together, causing them to fold, fracture, or slide, often creating reverse/thrust faults.

A type of tectonic stress where rocks slide horizontally past each other along a fault plane, causing one surface to move sideways relative to the other, like a deck of cards being pushed sideways.

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Earth Shakes

Question	Answer
Fault	A fracture in bedrock, along which blocks of rock on opposite sides of the fracture move.
Intensity	A measure of the damage done by an earthquake that is determined on the basis of the earhquake's effect on people, structures, and the natural environment.
Magnitude	A measure of the total amount of energy released at the focus of a earthquake.
Destructive	Causing damage or injury.
Stress	The amount of force being applied to a rock or surface.
Tsunami	A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake, submarine landslide, or other disturbance.
Seismogram	The record is made by a seismograph; the paper on which data about earthquake waves is recorded.
Seismograph	An instrument used to detect earthquake waves.
Tension	refers to the stress building in rocks that causes them to slip, releasing energy as seismic waves.
Compression	the squeezing stress that pushes rocks together, causing them to fold, fracture, or slide, often creating reverse/thrust faults.
Shearing	A type of tectonic stress where rocks slide horizontally past each other along a fault plane, causing one surface to move sideways relative to the other, like a deck of cards being pushed sideways.

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