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5-1 What Are Earthquakes?

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Total cards: 13•Content version: v3•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

the study of earthquakes

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seismology

#2
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the bending, tilting, and breaking of the Earth’s crust; the change in the shape of rock in response to stress

Back (Answer)

deformation

#3
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the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape

Back (Answer)

elastic rebound

#4
Front (Question)

a wave of energy that travels through all Earth, away from an earthquake in all directions

Back (Answer)

seismic waves

#5
Front (Question)

a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back-and-forth direction

Back (Answer)

P waves / primary waves

#6
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a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side-to-side direction

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S waves / secondary waves

#7
Front (Question)

scientists who study earthquakes

Back (Answer)

seismologists

#8
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giant pieces of Earth’s thin, outermost layer

Back (Answer)

tectonic plates

#9
Front (Question)

break in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of crust slide relative to one another

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fault

#10
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g

Back (Answer)

plastic deformation

#11
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d

Back (Answer)

elastic deformation

#12
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g

Back (Answer)

body waves

#13
Front (Question)

h

Back (Answer)

surface waves