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earthquakes
Question | Answer |
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Fault | surface along witch rocks move when they pass their elastic limit and breake |
Earthquakes | vibrations produced when rocks breake along a fault |
Normal Fault | break in rock caused by tension forces, where rock above the fault surface moves down relative to the rock below the fault surface |
Reverse Fault | breake in rock caused by compressive forces, where rock above the fault surface moves up relative to the rock below the fault surface |
Plate | a larg section of earths crust and rapid uper mantle that moves around on the asthenospheare |
Strike-slip Fault | breake in rock caused by shear foces, where rocks move past each other without much vertical movement |
Wave | rhythmic movement that carries energy through matter and space |