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