1. Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review
The Changing Earth
Chapter 2 Vocabulary Review

2. The force exerted when an object presses on, pulls on, or pushes against

3. Stress

4. A fracture, or break, in the Earths lithosphere, along which blocks of rock move past each other.

5. fault

6. A shaking of the ground caused by the sudden movement of large blocks of rock along a fault

7. earthquake

8. the point underground where rocks first begin to move

9. focus

10. vibrations caused by earthquakes

11. seismic wave

12. the point on Earth's surface directly above the focus

13. epicenter

14. an instrument that constantly records ground movements

15. seismograph

16. a smaller earthquake that follows a more powerful earthquake in the same area

17. aftershock

18. a process in which shaking of the ground causes soil to act like a liquid

19. liquefaction

20. Water wave caused by an earthquake, volcanic eruption, or landslide

21. tsunami

22. A fault where blocks of rock scrape past each other

23. Strike slip fault

24. Fault where on block of rock pushes over another

25. Reverse fault

26. A fault where one block slides down the other

27. Normal fault