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