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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| a large section of earths crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere | plate |
| surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and break | fault |
| vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault | earthquake |
| break in rock caused by tension forces | normal fault |
| break in rock caused by compressive forces | reverse fault |
| break in rock caused by shear forces | strike-slip fault |
| rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter and space | wave |
| wave generated by an earthquake | seismic wave |
| in earthquake, the point below earth's surface where energy is released in seismic waves | focus |
| seismic wave that moves particles back-and-forth in the same direction that the wave travels | primary wave |
| seismic wave that moves rock particles at right angles to the direction of wave | secondary wave |
| seismic wave that moves rock particles up and down in a backward rolling motion and side to side | surface wave |
| point on earths surface directly above an earthquake focus | epicenter |
| instrument used to register earthquakes waves and record the time that each arived | seismograph |
| the highest point of a wave | creast |
| measure of the energy released during an earthquake | magnitude |
| occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during earthquake | liquefaction |
| seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can highly destructive | tsunami |