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earthquacks
vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| earthquake | a sudden shaking of the ground caused by movement deep inside the Earth's rocky outer shell |
| fault | a break or crack in the Earth’s crust where huge pieces of rock have moved past each other |
| seismic wave | powerful ripples of energy that travel through the Earth's solid ground, causing it to vibrate and shake, usually during an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or explosion |
| focus | the exact spot underground where the rock first breaks and the shaking starts |
| epicenter | the exact spot on the Earth’s surface directly above where an earthquake starts underground |
| volcano | the shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy when rocks break or move beneath the surface |
| hot spot | the shaking of the ground caused by the sudden release of energy when rocks break or move beneath the surface |