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Waters vocab 6

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A large section of the Earth's crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere Plate
Fault Surface along which rock smash when they pass their elastic limit and break
Vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault Earthquake
Reverse Fault Break in rock caused by compressive forces, where rock above the fault moves upward
Break in rock caused by tension forces, where rock surface moves down Normal Fault
Stike-slip Fault Break in rock caused by shear force, and move past eachother
Rhythmic movement that carries energy though space and matter Wave
Seismic wave Wave generately an earthquake
in an earthquake the point below earths surface where energy is released Focus
Primary wave Seismic wave that move back and forth in wave lenghs
Seismic wave that moves rock parites at a right angle Secondry wave
Surface wave Seismic wave that moves rock partiles in a rolling motion
Point on earths surface directly above earthquakes focus Epicenter
Seismograph instrument used to register earthquake wave and record the time that arrived
Highest piont of a wave crest
magnitute measure the energy released during earthquake
liquerfaction occurs when wet soil acts like a liquad
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