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