WHERE AND HOW EARTHQUAKES OCCUR
TYPES OF WAVES AND EFFECTS
DAMAGE
SAFETY
VOCABULARY
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HOW DO EARTHQUAKES OCCUR?
Earthqukes occur when two tectonic plates move or collide with each other.
100
WHAT WAVES EFFECT THE EARTH DURING AN EARTHQUAKE?
P Waves, S Waves, and Surface waves.
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NAME 3 DIRECT EFFECTS AND 3 INDERECT EFFECTS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.
DIRECT:Shaking in the ground,Houses shifting, Buildings/houses collapsing,Civillian deaths,cracks in roads INDIRECT:Land slides,Explosions,Fires,Tsunamis,Liquefication.
100
TRUE OR FALSE: IT IS OKAY TO RUN OUTSIDE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE AND PANIC.
False!!!
100
DEFINE MAGNITUDE.
The number that represents the size of the Earthquake.
200
WERE DO EARTHQUAKES OCCUR?
They occur in the edge of plate bounderies and near Faults.
200
WHAT IS THE MAIN WAVE THAT CAUSES THE EARTH TO SHAKE DURING AN EARTHQUAKE?
S Waves make the earth shake during an earthquake.
200
WHAT KINDS OF DAMAGE DOES GROUND SHAKING CAUSE?
Ground shaking causes many houses to start cracking,collapsing,land slides,houses shifting, and causes many cracks in the ground.
200
WHY MIGHT A PERSON LOCATE THE WEAKEST POINTS OF A HOUSE?
So they can know wich places of the house is dangerous.
200
DEFINE P-WAVE AND S-WAVE.
P-WAVE: P-waves are type of elastic wave, also called seismic waves, that can travel through gases (as sound waves), solids and liquids. S-WAVE: A type of seismic wave, the S-wave, secondary wave, or shear wave (sometimes called an elastic S-wave) is one of the two main types of elastic body waves, so named because they move through the body of an object, unlike surface waves.
300
WHAT COUNTRY DID A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT AND CAUSED A TSUNAMI IN 2011?
Japan
300
WHAT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE WAVE?
Sesmic waves because that wave is like an explosion of energy.
300
GIVE ONE EXAMPLE OF A MAJOR DESTRUCTIVE EARTHQUAKE.
Some examples are 2010 Chile,1906 Equador-Colombia earthquake ,and 1965 Rat Islands.
300
WHATS THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE HOUSE WHEN YOUR IN AN EARTHQUKE?
Under a door way,under a table,and a place without windows.
300
DEFINE THE EPICENTER.
The spot in the earth's surface in which the earthquake Occurs.
400
CAN EARTHQUKES OCCUR FAR AWAY FROM PLATE BOUNDERIES?
YES!!! because normally it happens on plate bounderies but can also occur in places with deep faults.
400
WHAT IS THE ORDER OF SESMIC WAVES IN TERMS OF SPEED.
P-Waves,S-waves,and Surface waves.
400
WHAT ARE SIGNS THAT TELL YOU WHEN A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IS ABOUT TO STRIKE.
You will start feeling vibrations in the ground,rumbling,car alarms turning on,and dust from house that are about to start cracking.
400
NAME THE THREE STEPS YOU MUST FOLLOW ALWAYS DURING AN EARTHQUAKE.
Drop,Cover,and Hold on
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DEFINE LIQUAFICATION
The conversion of a solid or a gas into a liquid
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