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earthquakes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| surface along which rocks movve when they pass thier elastic limit and break | Faults |
| vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault | earthquake |
| break in rock caused bt tension forces | normal fault |
| break in rock caused by compressive forces | reverse fault |
| break in rock caused by shear forces | strike-slip-fault |
| wave generrated by an earthquake | seismic wave |
| in a earthquake , the paint below earth's surface where energy is realeased in the form of sesimic waves | focus |
| seismic wave that moves rock particles back earth in the same derection that the wave travels | primary wave |
| seiesmic wave that moves rock particles at right angles to the derection of the wave | secondary wave |
| a large section of earths oceanic or continental crust and rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthensphere | plate |
| rhythmic movement that carries energy through mater and space | wave |
| move rock particles up-and-down in a backward rolling motion and side-to-side in a swaying motion | surface wave |
| paint on earths surface directy above an earthquakes's focus | epicenter |
| instrument used to regirsster earthquakes waves and record the time that each arrived | seismograph |
| the highest point of a wave | crest |
| measure of the energy released during an earthquake. | Magnitude |
| occurs when wet soil acts more like a liquid during an earthquake | liquefaction |
| seismic sea wave that begins over an earthquake focus and can be highly destructive wheb it crashes on shore | tsunami |