vocabulary for earthquake
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| earthquake | vibrations in the earth caused by the movement in the earths plates
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| crust | the earths outer layer the coolest and less denser
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| fault | a fracture in the bed rock when rocks move
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| mantle | the layer of the earth beneth the crust
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| lithosphere | the cool outer of the earth
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| lithospheric plates | plates on the outer shell of the earths that are always moving
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| seismologists | a scientest thnat studies earthquakes
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| P-wave | Causes buildings to contract and expand
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| S-wave | Shakes buildings from side to side
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| Surface wave | Shakes buildings violently
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| Seismic wave | Vibrtions that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake
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| Focus | The point beneth the earths surface at witch thevbed rock breaks
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| Epicenter | The point on the surface directly above the earthquake
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| Seismograph | A divice that measures the streangth of an earthquake
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