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Vocab Plates
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Large section of earths crust and upper mantle | Plate |
| Surface along which rocks move | Fault |
| Vibrations produced when plates move along faults | Earthquakes |
| Break in rocks cause by tension forces | Normal Fault |
| Break in rocks caused by compression forces | Reverse Fault |
| Break in rocks cause by shere force | Strike-Slip Fault |
| Rythmitic movement that carries enegry through space and matter | Wave |
| Wave generated by an earthquake | Seismic Wave |
| In and earthquake, the point where enegry is released | Focus |
| Seismic wave that moves rock particles | Primary Wave |
| Seismic wave that moves rock particles at right angles | Secondary Wave |
| Seismic wave that moves rock particles up and down | Surface Wave |
| Point on Earth's surface directly above the focus | Epicenter |
| Instrument used to measure earthquakes | Seismograph |
| Highest point of a wave | Crest |
| Measure of enegry released by an earthquake | Magnitude |
| Occurs when soil acts as a liquid during an earthquake | Liquefaction |
| Seasmic wave that begins over an earthquake,in water | Tsunami |