lesson 5 vocab earthquakes Flashcards
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Branch of science deticated to studying earthquakes
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Seismolgy
2
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Bending tilting and breaking of the earth’s crust the chnge of rock in response due to stress
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Deformation
3
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The suden return of elassticlly deformed rock to its unformed shape
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Elastic Rebound
4
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Waves of energy that travel though the Earth
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Seismic waves
5
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Waves that can travel throgh solids liquids and gases
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P waves
6
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Shear wavesthat move sisde to side
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S waves
7
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Move along earths surface
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Surface waves
8
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Does not lead to Earthquakes
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Plastic Rebound