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Title: 17.2 vocab

Description: earth

Total Flash Cards: 7

Created: 01/29/2007 15:24:33

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Term
focus
 Definition
the area along a fault at which slip wage first occurs or an intiating earthquake
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epicenter
 Definition
the point on earths surface directly above the focuz on an earthquake
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p waves
 Definition
primary waves the long longtitudinal waves generated by an earthquake
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s waves
 Definition
secondary waves; the transverse waves generated by an earthquake
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surface waves
 Definition
a seismic wave that travels along earth's surface
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seismology
 Definition
the study of earthquakes and related phenomenon
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richter scale
 Definition
scale that expresses the relative magnitude of an earthquake