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SEISMOLOGY |
The study of earthquakes |
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DEFORMATION |
The bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth's crust; the change of in a rocks shape in response to stress |
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ELASTIC REBOUND |
the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape |
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SEISMIC WAVES |
a wave of energy that travels through the Earth away from an earthquake in all directions |
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P WAVE |
a seismic wave that causes particles to move in a back and forth direction |
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S WAVE |
A seismic wave that causes particles to move in a side to side direction |
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VOLCANO |
a vent or fissure in the Earths surface through which magma and gases are expelled |
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MAGMA CHAMBER |
The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano |
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VENT |
an opening at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes through |
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NATURAL RESOURCE |
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