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Word's and Defination's
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Epicenter | Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes focus. |
| Fault | Fracture that occurs when rocks break and that results in relative movement of oppusing sides can form a result of compression creversefuut being pulled apart (normal fault) or shear (Strike -slip fault) |
| Focus | Point deep inside the Earth where energy is released causing an earthquake. |
| Lava | Molten rock flowing onto Earth's surface. |
| Litosphere | Rigid layer of Earth about l00km thick made of the crust and apart of the upper mantle. |
| Magnitutude | A measure of the energy released by an earthquake. |
| Rifts | Long crack,fissure,or though that forms between tectonic plates moving apatrt at plate bondries. |
| Seismic Safe | Describes the abliity of structure to standup against the vibrations caused by an earthquake. |
| Seismic Waves | Earthquake waves including primary secondary waves and surface waves. |
| Surface Waves | Cause the most damage during an earthquake. |
| Seismograph | Instrument used to record seismic waves. |
| Tsunami | Powerful sesmic sea wave that begins over an ocean floor earth quake can reach 30m in height when approching land and can cause destruction in coastel areas. |
| Volcanoes | cone shaped hill por mountain formed when hot magma, solids and gas erupt onto Earths surface through a vent. |