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18 Cards in this Set
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The first wave to arrive a tracking station is a what?
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primary wave
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Pressure waves =
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Primary waves
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__________ waves will travel in both solid and fluid materials.
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Primary
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What waves are second to arrive at the tracking station?
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Secondary waves
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_________ waves are shear waves and travel through solids, but not through fluid materials.
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Secondary waves
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_________ are caused by a large release of energy that accompany volcanic eruptions, explosions, and movement of the Earth's bedrock.
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earthquakes
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_________ is the point on the Earth's surface (location on a map) where the earthquake originated.
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epicenter
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______ is the underground origin of the earthquake in bedrock.
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focus
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The ________ ___________ ________ strain the bedrock like a person jumping on a diving board.
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episodic releases of energy
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Elastic waves of vibration and shaking is called?
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seismic waves
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Where do seismic waves originate?
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the earthquake's focus
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Which type of wave arrives first?
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Primary wave
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The time between the primary wave and secondary wave reception is called the what?
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P-S interval
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Lag time between P and S gives distance from the station to the what?
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epicenter of the earthquake
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How many stations need to record an earthquake for the epicenter to be determined?
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three
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The _________ wave is the third to reach the seismograph.
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L-wave (love wave)
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The Love wave is what kind of wave?
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surface
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The surface distance between the recording station and the epicenter is what?
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distance from epicenter
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