Ever-Changing Earth Vocabulary Quiz #3
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1. a series of huge ocean waves often triggered by an underwater earthquake
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2. a force that squeezes rocks together, stretches or pulls them apart, or pushes them in different directions
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3. the point where part of the crust breaks loose and moves suddenly, causing an earthquake
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4. back and-forth motions that carry energy from one place to another
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5. the point on the surface of Earth directly above the focus of an earthquake
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6. seismic waves that travel through Earth
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7. a type of wave that travels through Earth in a push-pull pattern
this type of wave has compressions and rarefactions
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8. seismic waves that travel along the surface of Earth
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9. longitudinal seismic waves that can travel through solids, liquids, or gases and are the fastest type of seismic waves
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10. transverse seismic waves that can travel only through solids and are slower than P waves.
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11. a type of wave in which particle displacement is perpendicular to the direction of the wave
this type of wave has a crest and trough
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