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