Relacionar Columnas Earthquake vocab Versión en línea Match the vocab por Melissa Byrd 1 earthquake 2 seismology 3 S waves (secondary waves) 4 mechanical wave 5 focus 6 Seismograph 7 compressional wave 8 seismic waves 9 Faults 10 Epicenter 11 surface waves 12 P waves (Primary waves) Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake vibrations that travel through Earth carrying the energy released during an earthquake travel through liquids and solids, push and pull, faster, arrive first travel through solids only; cause rock to move in a side-to-side or up & down motion, slower waves a wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface The study of earthquakes A wave that requires a medium through which to travel Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other. a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action.
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