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    Earthquake Vocabulary Matching

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    1. The document is a vocabulary matching activity that defines key terms related to earthquakes. 2. Students must match 16 earthquake-related words with their definitions. 3. The words include types of seismic waves, features of faults, processes associated with earthquakes, and instruments used to study earthquakes.

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    1. The document is a vocabulary matching activity that defines key terms related to earthquakes. 2. Students must match 16 earthquake-related words with their definitions. 3. The words include types of seismic waves, features of faults, processes associated with earthquakes, and instruments used to study earthquakes.

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    1. The document is a vocabulary matching activity that defines key terms related to earthquakes. 2. Students must match 16 earthquake-related words with their definitions. 3. The words include types of seismic waves, features of faults, processes associated with earthquakes, and instruments used to study earthquakes.

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    Earthquake Vocabulary Matching

    Uploaded by

    Mariela Belén Rivas
    1. The document is a vocabulary matching activity that defines key terms related to earthquakes. 2. Students must match 16 earthquake-related words with their definitions. 3. The words include types of seismic waves, features of faults, processes associated with earthquakes, and instruments used to study earthquakes.

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    Earthquake Vocabulary Matching

    Word Bank
    Fault normal faults seismic waves
    stress reverse faults focus
    earthquake strike-slip faults epicenter
    primary waves secondary waves surface waves
    seismograph aftershock liquefaction
    tsunami

    1. Also called P waves. These waves are the fastest seismic waves and are the first
    to reach any particular location after an earthquake occurs.
    2. Also called S waves. These waves are the second seismic waves to arrive at any
    particular location after an earthquake.
    3. These waves move along Earth’s surface and cause the largest ground movements
    and the most damage.
    4. An instrument that constantly records ground movements.
    5. A smaller earthquake that follows a more powerful earthquake in the same area.

    6. A process in which the shaking of ground causes loose, wet soil to act like a liquid.

    7. A water wave caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide.

    8. In an earthquake, the point underground where the rocks first begin to move.

    9. A fracture in Earth’s lithosphere along which blocks of rock move past each other.

    10. The force applied by an object pressing on, pulling on, or pushing against another
    object.
    11. A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rocks
    along a fault.
    12. In these faults, the block of rock above the fault plane slides down relative to the
    other block.
    13. Along these faults, the block of rock above the fault plane moves up relative to
    the other block.
    14. In these faults, blocks of rock move sideways on either side of the fault plane.

    15. The vibrations caused by an earthquake.


    16. The point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
    Also called P waves. These
    Primary waves are the fastest seismic
    Waves waves and are the first to
    reach any particular location
    after an earthquake occurs.

    Also called S waves. These


    waves are the second seismic
    Secondary waves to arrive at any
    Waves particular location after an
    earthquake.

    These waves move along Earth’s


    Surface surface and cause the largest
    ground movements and the most
    Waves damage.

    An instrument that constantly


    Seismograph records ground movements.
    A smaller earthquake that
    Aftershock follows a more powerful
    earthquake in the same area.

    A process in which the shaking


    Liquefaction of ground causes loose, wet
    soil to act like a liquid.

    A water wave caused by an


    Tsunami earthquake, volcanic eruption,
    or landslide.

    In an earthquake, the point


    underground where the rocks
    Focus first begin to move.
    A fracture in Earth’s
    Fault lithosphere along which blocks
    of rock move past each other.

    Stress The force applied by an object


    pressing on, pulling on, or pushing
    against another object.

    Earthquake A shaking of the ground caused by


    the sudden movement of large
    blocks of rocks along a fault.

    In these faults, the block of rock above the


    fault plane slides down relative to the other

    Normal
    block.

    Faults
    Along these faults, the block of rock above
    the fault plane moves up relative to the other

    Reverse
    block.

    Faults

    Strike-Slip
    Faults In these faults, blocks of rock move sideways
    on either side of the fault plane.

    Seismic The vibrations caused by an


    earthquake.
    Waves

    The point on Earth’s surface


    Epicenter directly above the focus of an
    earthquake.

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