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Science

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Term
Definition
Hypothesis   An educated guess.  
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Independent Variable   What I changed in the experiment.  
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Dependent Variable   The data and the results.  
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Constant   Something that we repeat during the experiment.  
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Convergent   coming closer together  
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Divergent   tending to be different or develop  
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Transfrom   A change  
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S-wave   A surface wave  
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P-wave   That shakes the ground back and forth in the same direction and opposite direction  
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Surface wave   a surface wave is a mechanical wave  
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focus   The center of the earth  
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Epicenter   the point on the earth's surface  
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mercalli Scale   A scale to describe the earthquake  
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Ritcher Scale   to assign a number  
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moment-magnitude scale   To measure the size of earthquake  
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mangitude   Number to quantify the size of an earthquake  
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Tusnami   A large wave on the ocean caused by an earthquake under the sea  
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Liquefaction   Effect caused by earthquake shaking  
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aftershock   Shocks that follow the largest shock of an earthquake sequence  
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seismology   Study of earthquakes and the structure of the earth  
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seismograph   An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes  
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compression   The stress that squeezes the earth due to earthquake  
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Tension   Stress that pulls earth apart due to earthquake  
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plateau   An area of relatively level high ground  
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shearing   Is the stress parallel to given surface  
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Normal fault   Is a fracture along with the blocks of crust on either side  
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Reverse fault   When two blocks of rock are forced together by compression  
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