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Earthquake
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earthquake | Causes vibrations in the ground that result from movement along breaks in earths lithosphere |
| Epicenter | location directly above the focus of an earthquake |
| Fault | break in earths lithosphere where obe block of rock moves toward , away from , or past another |
| Focus | location where rocks first move along a fault of seismic waves origniate |
| Seismic wave | travels as vibrations on and in the earth |
| Seismometer | measures and records ground motion and the fiatnce and direction seismic waves travel. |