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Mr. Biando's Lab
Mr. Biando's Lab - Earthquakes
| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| The study or science of earthquakes. | Seismology |
| Giant Pieces of the Earth's thin, outermost layer. | Tectonic Plates |
| A scientist who studies earthquakes. | Seismologist |
| A break in the Earth's crust along which blocks of crust slide realative to one another. | Fault |
| The bending, tilting,and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress. | Deformation |
| A type of deformation that does not lead to earthquakes. | Plastic Deformation |
| A type of deformation that does lead to earthquakes. | Elastic Deformation |
| The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape. | Elastic Rebound |
| Strike-Slip Fault | Transform |
| Reverse Fault | Convergent |
| Normal Fault | Divergent |
| A place where a large number of faults are located. | Earthquake Zone |
| A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions. | Seismic Waves |
| Sesmic waves that travel through the Earth's interior. | Body Waves |
| Seismic waves that travel more slowly along the Earth's surface and are more destructive. | Surface Waves |
| A seismic body wave that travels the fastest through the interior of the Earth. | Primary Waves |
| A type of seismic body wave that cannot travel through liquid parts of the Earth. | Seconary Waves |
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