5-1 What are Earthquakes? Flashcards
1
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The study of earthquakes
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seismology
2
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The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress
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deformation
3
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The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape
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elastic rebound
4
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A wave of energy that travels through the Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions
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seismic waves
5
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A seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in a back-and-forth direction
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P waves
6
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A seismic wave that causes particles of a rock to move in side to side-to-side direction
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S waves
