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Nils

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
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plate   rigid upper mantle that moves around on the asthenosphere  
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fault   surface along which rocks move when they pass their elastic limit  
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earthquake   vibrations produced when rocks break along a fault  
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normal fault   break in rock caused by tension forces where rock moves down  
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reverse fault   break in rock caused by compresion forces and it moves upward  
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strike-slip fault   break in rock caused by shear forces and they move past each other  
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wave   rythmic movement of energy  
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seismic wave   wave generated by an earthquake  
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focus   the point below earths surface where energy is released  
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primary wave   seismic waves that moves rock particles back and forth  
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secondary wave   seismic waves that moves rock particles at a right angle  
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surface wave   seismic waves that move up and down and side to side`  
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epicenter   point directly above focus  
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seismograph   instrument used to register earthquake waves  
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crest   highest point of a wave  
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