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