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Cards in this guide (9)
What is the name given to the period immediately following the Civil War

Reconstruction

How do you say tsunami in french

tsunami

What are seismic waves associated with

Seismic waves are associated with earthquakes.

Is A Richter and Moment Magnitude 8 earthquake twice as large as a Richter or Moment Magnitude 4 earthquake

No, but it would be much stronger.

Is it true or false that the closer an earthquake the greater the time between the arrival of P waves and the arrival of S waves

true

What are soils that get less 25cm of rain per year

Desert soils

What is the term used to define the exact location of an earthquake

epicenter

What is the similarity between a fault and a fault zone

A fault is where to tectonic plates meet but a fault zone is the area around a fault.

What is the name of the machine that rates the amount of shaking from an earthquake

It is a seismomiter.

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