SC Pass Review: Earthquake Protection Vocabulary

the distance from the highest point to the midpoint of a wave, it is related to the energy of the wave

• amplitude

• wavelength

• belt

• distance

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one of the largest areas of seawater in the world, it lies west of Europe and Africa and east of the Americas

• Indian Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

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a long, narrow area or object

• belt

• amplitude

• fault

• ring of fire

changing the shape of something from straight to curved or bent

• tension

• bending

• torsion

• compression

a force that squeezes something or presses it together

• bending

• tension

• torsion

• compression

when something is pulled out of shape, made longer and thinner

• torsion

• tension

• bending

• compression

when something is twisted out of shape

• tosion

• tension

• compression

• bending

a person who designs and builds structures such as public buildings, roads, and bridges

• plummer

• civil engineer

• construction worker

• architect

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rules or limitations

• constraints

• criteria

• test

• pattern

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rules, standards or goals against which something can be judged, evaluated or measured

• contraints

• criteria

• data

• test

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