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The definition of a stress.

What is a force within the earth's surface. 

100
The name for when all the continents were stuck together.
What is Pangea?
100
this is a scale used to measure earthquakes
What is Richter or Mercalli?
100
the instrument used to measure earthquakes
What is a siesmograph?
100

Rayleigh and Love waves are classified as these.

What is a surface wave?

200

When the hanging wall is pushed above the footwall.

What is a reverse fault?

200
What is the term for how the continents moved apart?
What is continental drift?
200
what happens when two plates rub together?
What is an earthquake?
200

What is the fastest moving seismic wave?

What is a primary wave?

200
what happens to the soil/ground in a tsunami?
the ground erodes into the sea
300

True or False: A chain reaction does not occur after events such as an earthquake or tsunami.

What is false?

300
an underwater earthquake that causes a big wave
What is a tsunami?
300
Name one place in the US that has a lot of earthquakes
What is California?
300
what would a 6.0 earthquake be like?
some damage to buildings. felt by most people.
300

A few years ago, there was an earthquake in an unusual spot. Where was this? (clue: we talked about it in class)

What is Oklahoma?

400

These are the three types of stress and their motion.

What are compression (push), tension (pull), and shear (tearing)?

400
the place where two plates meet.
What is a fault line?
400

This wave can travel through solids only.

What is a secondary wave?

400
Which building would be safer: a tall brick sky scraper or a small wooden house
What is a small wooden house?
400

The event that creates a suction when one plate "dives" under another.

What is subduction?

500

These are the names of the boundary and fault when two plates slide past each other.

What is transform and strike-slip?

500
the place in the South Pacific where a lot of earthquakes/ volcanic activity/ tsunamis happen
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
How do we know the continents were once connected?
similar biomes, the shape fits together, similar animals, etc
500

This wave creates a rolling motion.

What is a Rayleigh wave?

500
the scale that measures how much damage an earthquake creates
What is the Mercalli Scale?
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