Epicenter test Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is an earthquake? | natural rapid shaking of the lithosphere caused by the release of stored energy in rocks |
What is potential energy in rocks givin off as during an earthquake? | seismic waves |
What is a focus? | where the earthquake starts and where seismic waves are emitted from |
Epicenter | location on Earths surface directly above the focus |
Seismograph | an instrument that shows how Earth shakes from seismic waves |
What does p waves stand for? | Primary waves |
Do p waves arrive first or second? | first |
P-waves cause the particles they are moving through to vibrate... | in the direction that the waves are moving |
What can p-waves travel through? | solids, liquids, and gases |
what does s wave stand for? | secondary waves |
do s waves go faster than p waves? | No |
so s waves arrive first or second? | second |
s waves cause the particles they are moving through to... | vibrate at right angles to the direction the waves are moving |
s waves can pass through... | solids |
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