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chapter 6 earthquake

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plate   a large section of earths crust and rigid upper manntle that moves around  
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fault   when rocks break they move around a fault  
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earth quake   vibrations of breaking rock  
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normal fault   when rock is streched by force  
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reverse fault   surface is foced up and over rock  
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strike slip fault   rocks on either side are moving past echother  
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wave   rythmic movment that carries energy through matter  
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seismic wave   generated by eathquakes traveling through earth  
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focus   were energy is released  
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primary wave   causes particals in rocks to move  
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secondary wave   moves through earth by causing particals in rocks to move  
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surface waves   moves rock particals in backward rolling motion  
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epicenter   point on earths surface directly above earthquake focus  
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seismograph   registers waves  
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crest   highest point in wave  
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magnitude   were energy is released  
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inquefaction   were wet soil turns to liqued  
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isunamis   ocean waves caused by earthquakes  
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