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Chap 19 vocab Matching
The total force acting on crustal rocks per unit of area.
Stress
Caused when a material is compressed, bent, or stretched.
Elastic deformation
Any fracture or system of fracture along which Earth moves.
Fault
Squeeze and push rocks in the direction along which the waves are traveling.
Primary Wave
Numerical rating system used to measure the amount of energy released during an earthquake.
Richter scale
The deformation of materials in response to stress.
Strain
Seismic vibrations can cause the ground to behave like a liquid in a phenomenon.
Soil liquesfaction
Measure of the energy released during an earthquake, which can be described using the Richter scale.
Magnitude
Record produced by a seismometer that can provide individual tracking of each type of seismic wave.
Seismogram
When stress builds up past a certain point, called the elastic limit.
Plastic deformation
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