BJU - Space and Earth Science - Chapter 6 (4th edition)
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| A series of inaudible shock waves traveling through the earth. | show 🗑
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| show | epicenter
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| It is the point generally some distance below the earth's surface at which earthquake waves are generated. | show 🗑
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| show | intensity
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| The measure of the brightness of a star; a measure of the amount of energy released by an earthquake. | show 🗑
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| The first waves that reach a seismic station after an earthquake. Such earthquake waves are capable of passing through the earth's core. | show 🗑
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| show | Richter scale
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| The second type of earthquake wave to reach a seismic station after the P waves from the earthquake. This type of wave cannot pass through the core of the earth. | show 🗑
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| show | seismometer
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| show | tsunami
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| show | surface wave
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| show | stress
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| show | compression
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| show | tension
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| Forces or stresses acting in opposite directions on different parts of the same object or substance | show 🗑
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| show | divergent boundary
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| The margin between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other or converging | show 🗑
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| The margin between two tectonic plates that are sliding in opposite directions parallel to the margins | show 🗑
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| Any change in the shape of a solid due to stresses exerted on the material | show 🗑
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| show | joint
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| A crack or joint in rock where the rock on both sides of the joint have moved relative to each other | show 🗑
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| The compass direction of an imaginary line drawn horizontally on the surface of a fault face or rock stratum. Helps indicate the orientation of the fault or stratum at a given location | show 🗑
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| The angle of slope of a fault face or stratum, measured from the horizontal plane to the fault or stratum surface | show 🗑
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| A fault whose main motion is parallel to its dip direction | show 🗑
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| A dip-slip fault in which the body of rock above the fault surface drops relative to the body of rock underneath the fault surface | show 🗑
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| show | reverse fault
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| show | strike-slip fault
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