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VOCAB.
WHAT ARE EARTHQUAKES?
100
what is seismology?:P
The study of earthquakes
100
Where do earthquakes occur?
most earthquakes take place near the edges of tectonic plates.
200
what is strike- slip fault?
it form when opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally.
200
what causes earthquake?
as tectonic plates push pull or slip by each other stress increases along faults near the plates edges.
300
what is elastic rebound?
the return of broken rubber band pieces to their unstretched shape.
300
faults at tectonic plate boundaries.
a specific type of plate motion take take place at different tectonic plate boundaries.
400
what is a seismogram?
a tracing of earthquake motion and it is created by a seismograph.
500
what is subsidence?
the sinking of regions of the earths crust to lower elevations