earthquake vocab. Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
earthquake | vibrations in the earth caused by the movement in the earths plates |
crust | the earths outer layer the coolest and less denser |
fault | a fracture in the bed rock when rocks move |
mantle | the layer of the earth beneth the crust |
lithosphere | the cool outer of the earth |
lithospheric plates | plates on the outer shell of the earths that are always moving |
seismologists | a scientest thnat studies earthquakes |
P-wave | Causes buildings to contract and expand |
S-wave | Shakes buildings from side to side |
Surface wave | Shakes buildings violently |
Seismic wave | Vibrtions that travel through earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake |
Focus | The point beneth the earths surface at witch thevbed rock breaks |
Epicenter | The point on the surface directly above the earthquake |
Seismograph | A divice that measures the streangth of an earthquake |
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