Chapter 11 Flashcards
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Earthquake
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ground shaking caused by the sudden and rapid movement of one block of rock slipping past another along fractures in Earth’s crust called faults.
2
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Hypocenter or Focus
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The location where slippage begins for an earthquake
3
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Epicenter
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The point on Earth’s surface directly above the hypocenter
4
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Seismic Waves
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a form of energy that causes the material that transmits them to shake. Seismic waves are analogous to waves produced when a stone is
dropped into a calm pond.
5
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Elastic Rebound
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6
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after-shocks
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7
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foreshocks
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8
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Megathrust Fault
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9
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Fault creep
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10
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Fault Slip
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