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