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