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Knipp-7A-Shaffer Piazza
Earthquake Facts
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Geology
7th Grade
01/07/2013

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Shear
Definition
A force that pushes past each other, and works on transform boundaries
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Compression
Definition
A force that squezes rocks together, and works on convergent boundaries
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Tension
Definition
A force that pulls rocks apart, and is found in divergent boundaries
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Strike-Slip Fault
Definition
Rocks on eachside of a fault move past each othre without much upward or downward movement
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Normal Fault
Definition
Rocks above the fault surface moves downward in relation to rock below the fault surface
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Reverse Fault
Definition
Rocks above the reverse fault is forced up and over the rock below the fault surface
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Fault
Definition
The boundary between two plates
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Earthquake
Definition
The vibrations produce by the breaking of rock
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Mgnitude
Definition
A measure of the energy released by an Earthquake
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Liquidifacation
Definition
When a solid acts more like a liqiud than a solid
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Seismograph
Definition
A device used for detecting and measuring magnitude of an earthquake
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Focus
Definition
The exact point in the earth where the earthquake occured
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Epicenter
Definition
Earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake
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Seismic Wave
Definition
A shock wave that travels throught the earth from the focus of an earthquake
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Tsunami
Definition
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or other disturbance
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