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Earthquakes
Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| EarthQuake | causes vibration 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 one block of rock moves toward away from or past another |
| Focus | location where rocks first move along a fault and seismic waves originate |
| Seismic Wave | travels as vibrations on and in earth |
| Seismometer | measures and records ground motion and the distance and direction seismic waves travel |