5.1 vocab Flashcards
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Seismology
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The study of earthquakes.
2
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Deformation
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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.
3
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Elastic Rebound
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The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
4
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Seismic waves
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A wave of energy that travels through Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions.
5
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P wave
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A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction.
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S wave
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A seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to-side direction.
7
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Surface wave
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A surface wave that moves in a up-and-down direction.
8
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Plastic deformation
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A type of deformation that does not cause earthquakes.
