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CHSderekScience

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the shaking and trembling that results the movement of rock beneth the earth surface   earthquake  
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two powerful forces that change rock and earths crust   squeezepull  
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a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume   stress  
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the amount of space and object takes up   volume  
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stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions   shearing  
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stress that pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thiner in the middle   tension  
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stress that squeezes rock until it folds or breaks   compression  
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any change in the volume or shape of earth crust   deformation  
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a break in the crust where slabs of crust slip past each other   fault  
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rocks on either side of the fault slip past each other sideways with little up or down mountains shearing transform   strike-slip fault  
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the fault is at an angle so one block of rock lies above the fault and the other block lies below the fault tension and divergent   normal fault  
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half of the fault that lies above   hanging wall  
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half of the fault that lies below   footwall  
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a type of fault where the hanging wall slides up compression convergent   reverse fault  
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a force that opposes the motion of one surface as it moves across another surface   friction  
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the rocks on both sides of the fault slide by each other with no sticking   low friction  
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the sides of the fault jam together from time to time they break free small earth quakes occur   medium friction on a fault  
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both sides of rock lockthe stress increases until it is strong enough to overcome the friction larger earthquakes occur   high friction on a fault  
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a mountain that fomrs where a normal fault uplifts a block of rock   fault-block mountain  
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where 2 plates move away from each other tnesion forces create many normal faultswhen 2 of these normal faults form parallel to each other, a block of rock is left lying between them.   beginning process of a fault-block mountain  
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bend in rock that form when compression shortens and thickens part of earth's crust.   folds  
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the collisions of 2 plates cause compression and folding of the crust.   compression of 2 plates cause an earthquake  
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an up fold in a rock formed by comprssion of earth's crust   anticline  
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a down fold in a rock formed by tension in earth's crust   syncline  
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a large area of flatland elevated high above sealevel   plateau  
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the lithesphere with in 100 kilometers of earth's surface   where an earthquake is centered  
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the point beneath earth surface where rock that is stress breaks, triggering an earthquake.   focus  
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the point on the surface directly above the focus   epicenter  
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vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake   scismic waves  
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how close the location is to the epicenter   what determines how much the ground shakes during an earthquake.  
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when rocks fracture at the focus deep in the the earth's crust.   when do earthquakes occur?  
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primary waves   what are the first waves to occur in an earthquake?  
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earthquake waves that compress and expand the ground like accordion   p waves  
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earthquake waves that vibrate side to side as well as up and down shaking the ground back and forth.   s waves  
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move more slowly than both p and s waves   how fast do surface waves move?  
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shake building side to side or shake like ocean rolls   what do Surface Waves do?  
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by a device called seismograph   how do we record and measure seismic waves  
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electronic seismographmechanical seismograph   types of devices we use to record seismic waves  
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a measurement of earthquake strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.   magnitude  
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developed to rate earthquakes according to their intesity.   Mercalli Scale  
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a rating of the size of seismic waves as measured by a particular type of mechanical seismograph   Richter Scale  
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Electronical instead of mechanical   what seismograph is used today?  
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accurate measurements for small nearby earthquakes, but the scale doesn't work well for large or distant earthquakes.   how well does a Richter scale work?  
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a rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake   Moment Magnitude Scale  
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rates earthquakes of all sizes, near or far   What does the Moment Magnitude Scale do?  
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Richter ScaleMercalli ScaleMoment Magnitude Scale   What are the scales used to measure the strength of an earthquake?  
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5.0 and above   A what magnitude on the Moment Magnitude Scale causes great distruction.  
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By the seismic waves speed.   How is locating the epicenter?  
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The energy of the seismic waves tat reach the surface is greatest at the epic center   At what point do seismic waves first reach the surface?  
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they travel through earth by seismic waves   How does the energy of an earthquake travel through earth?  
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