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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Epicenter | point of the Earth's surface directly above an earthquak's focus. |
| Fault | fracture that accurs when rocks breake and that resultsin relative movement of opposing sides, can form as a result of compresion (reverse fault),being puled apart |
| Focus | point deep inside Earth where energy is relased,causing an earthquake. |
| Lava | molten rock flowing on Earth's surface |
| Lithosphere | rigit layer of the Earth above 100km thick, made of the crust and a part of the upper mantle. |
| Magnitude | a measure of the energy released by earthquake. |
| Rifts | long crack,fissure, or through that forms between tectonic plates moving apart at plate boundaries. |
| Seismic Safe | describes the abillity of structures to stand up against the vibration caused by an earthquake. |
| Seismic Waves | earthquake waves, including primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves. |
| Surface Waves | the waaves that formed in Earth surface. |
| Seismograraph | instrument used to record seismic waves. |
| Tsunami | powerful seismic sea wave that begins over on ocean-floor earthquake, can reach 30m in heignt when approaching land and can cous destruction in coastal area. |
| Volcanoes | cone-shaped hill or mountain form when hot magma solids and gas erupt onto Earth's surface throught a vent. |
| Pyroclastic Flow | massive avalanches of hot glowing rock foling on a cushion of intensely hot gases. |
| Richter Scale | manitude is based on Measurement of amplitudes or heights, of seismic waves as recordet on seismographs. |