Stress
Faults
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Earthquake Potpourri
Earthquakes
100
The squeezing together of rocks by stress
What is compression
100
A fault in which one part of the fault lies below the other part
What is normal fault
100
A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume
What is stress
100
The type of wave that arrives first at the surface and moves by compressing and expanding the ground like an accordian
What is P Waves
100
The best way to protect yourself in an earthquake
What is drop, cover and hold
200
The type of stress associated with a strike slip fault
What is shearing
200
A device that records ground movements caused by seismic waves at they move through Earth
What is seismograph
300
It can cause damage days or montsh after a large earthquake
What is aftershock
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