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100
Earthquakes often occur at boudaries called
What is transform boundaries
100
Giant ocean waves formed when an earthquakes occurs
tsunamis
100
Twisted layers of rock provide evidence that what is moving
crust
100
Volcanoes occur along
plate boundaries
100
The plates move because of the rising and sinking matter in a
convection current
200
Where would you stand to be the first person to feel the ground shaking
epicenter
200
If a lot of gases have escaped from the magma, the lava is likely to flow out of the vent and form a
shield volcano
200
Pangaea is the name for
supercontinent
200
The formation of ridges and trenches in the ocean is explained by a theory called
sea- floor spreading
200
What causes the Earth's crust to move up and down or side to side
wave
300
Hot, molten rock
magma
300
Heat from below the Earth's surface
Geothermal energy
300
A device that detects shaking
seismograph
300
Amount of energy released by an earthquake
Magnitude
300
Point where an earthquake starts
focus
400
NAME 3 SEISMIC WAVES AND DESCRIBE EACH
P WAVES OR PRIMARY WAVES- ACCORDIAN LIKE MOTION S WAVES OR SECONDARY WAVES- TWANGED SOUND SURFACE WAVES- OCEAN WAVE
400
NAME 3 TYPES OF VOLCANOES
CINDER CONE SHIELD COMPOSITE
400
THREE KINDS OF FAULTS
NORMAL REVERSE STRIKE-SLIP
400
RICHTER SCALE- 2.5-5.4
NOT USUALLY FELT
400
7.0-7.9
SEVERE DAMAGE
500
5.5-6.0
SOME DAMAGE
500
MERCALLI SCALE VIII
BUILDINGS MAY PARTIALLY COLLAPSE
500
8.0
TOTAL DESTRUCTION
500
MERCALLI IV
FELT INDOORS BY MANY OUTDOORS BY FEW
500
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LANDSLIDES MAY HAPPEN
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