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16 Cards in this Set
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rupture |
To break open or to burst |
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traumatize |
means to upset or shock someone causing emotional mental. |
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gauge |
Something to measure or judge |
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antibiotic |
A drug used in Medicine |
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degradation |
Done to something by nature by water or weather. |
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magnitude |
Is a measure of an amount of energy released by a earthquake. |
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Richter scale |
A scale ranging from 1 to 10 that expresses the amount released by an earthquake |
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epicenter |
The point of the earth surface directly above the surface of a earthquake. |
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tsunami |
A huge ocean wave caused by an underwater earthquake or volcano eruption. |
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backwash |
A backward flow of water |
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mahout |
A keeper and a driver of an elephant |
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aboriginal |
Having lived in an area from the begging |
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aquifer |
An underground layer of earth such as sand and that can hold and release water. |
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atolls |
Ring like corral island and reefs that nearly or entirely enclose a body of water |
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guerilla |
irregular military |
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seismic stations |
that have censers to detect ground motion a clock and a recorder for collection data. |
