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Earthquakes are measured by a seismometer, also known as a seismograph.

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An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes?

seismic waves


What do you call an instrument used to detect and record earthquakes?

Seismometer (or seismograph) and it measure seismic waves


What is the record of seismic waves called?

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What is the instrument called that detects seismic waves?

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Instrument that is used to obtain a record of seismic waves all over the world?

Seismograph ;) (listen in your science class!)


In a stringed musical instrument the part that vibrates in a resonance with the sound waves produced by the strings is called the?

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What is a seismographer?

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An instrument that records ground movements caused by seimic waves?

its called a seismograph


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What instrument used to gather information by bouncing radio waves off their surface?

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The trace that records an earthquake from seismic instruments is called a?

the ground movement caused by seismic waves