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ch.6 vocabe

earthquake

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Plate a large section of earths crust and upermantle that moves around on the asthinosphere.
Fault surfus rocks move along when they pass their elastic limit.
Earthquake vibrations made when rocks break along a fault.
Normle Fault break in caused by tention forces
Reverce faults break in rock caused by compresive forces
strike slip fault break in rock caused by shere forces
wave rithmic movement that carries energy through matter and space
seismic wave waves generated by an earthquake
focus in an earthquake, the points below the earths surfuce where the energy is releasd
primary wave seiszemic wave that moves rock back and forth
secondary wave seisemic wave that moves rock in the direction of the wave
surfus wave seismic wave that moves rocks up and down
epicenter the point on earth directly over an earthquakes focus
seismograph instrument used to register earthquakes on a chart
crest the highest point of a wave
magnitude measure of energy released in an earthquake
liquifaction hapens when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake
tsunami a giant wave started underwater by an earthquake
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