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Moving Experience
Earthquakes
Shake Rattle Roll
100
What are seismic waves that travel through the planet called?
body waves
100
T or F Most Earthquakes are small.
True
100
What is the most famous fault line in California called?
What is San Andreas Fault
100
This type of body waves can travel side to side or up and down.
What is Surface waves
100
The point that is located below the epicenter is called the __________________.
What is focus
200
What is the place (crack) where rock breaks and there is movement called?
What is a fault
200
Are earthquakes the only possible source of seismic waves?
No, even people jumping up and down and cheering can cause seismic waves as well.
200
If Earthquake A has a magnitude of 5 and Earthquake B has a magnitude of 7. How much stronger is Earthquake B?
What is 20 times stronger.
200
There must be at least ___ seismic stations collecting data to determine where the epicenter of an Earthquake is.
What is 3
200
A number change on this type of scale means an increase by 10 times the seismic wave amplitude.
What is Richter Scale
300
Stick-slip motion can cause _______ to occur.
What is an earthquake
300
Underwater earthquakes, landslides, and volcanoes have the potential to cause a _________________.
Tsunami
300
If an Earthquake A has a magnitude of 6.2 and Earthquake B has a magnitude of 7.1. How much stronger is Earthquake B?
What is 9 times.
300
Can an Earthquake occur without you knowing?
What is Yes, if it is far away or too weak to feel
300
A boundary where plates slide by one another is called _______ boundary.
What is transform
400
What is the small tremor that happens after an Earthquake called?
What is aftershock
400
If a seismic wave moves from one material to another it can ____________.
change speed, be bent, or reflected
400
What is the famous fault located in the Southeast corner of Missouri?
What is New Madrid Fault
400
How often do Earthquakes occur on the planet Earth?
What is daily.
400
A boundary where plates collide?
What is convergent boundary
500
A small tremor that occurs before an Earthquake is called ____________.
What is foreshock
500
A long high ocean wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption is called...
What is a tsunami
500
If Earthquake 1 has a magnitude of 3.2 and Earthquake 2 has a magnitude of 5.7, how much stronger is Earthquake 2?
What is 25 times stronger.
500
What causes plate to move in different directions?
What is convection currents in the mantle
500
Type of body wave that arrives first because it travels fastest.
What is P waves
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