Relacionar Columnas Earthquake vocab Versión en línea Match the vocab por Melissa Byrd 1 compressional wave 2 seismology 3 earthquake 4 seismic waves 5 S waves (secondary waves) 6 focus 7 mechanical wave 8 surface waves 9 Faults 10 P waves (Primary waves) 11 Seismograph 12 Epicenter A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through Earth Point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus The study of earthquakes seismic waves that travel along the Earth's surface The point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and causes an earthquake a wave in which matter moves back and forth in the direction the wave is moving A wave that requires a medium through which to travel 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 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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