Earthquakes 1
Earthquakes 2
Earthquakes 3
Earthquakes 4
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True or False? About 80% of all earthquakes happen at the Ring of Fire
True
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When tectonic plates move we feel
an earthquake
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Tectonic plates are _____ in motion
always/constant
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Earthquakes are almost impossible to...
Predict
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Animals have weird behavior prior to an earthquake
True
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How slow do tectonic plates move?
The speed of a fingernail growing
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A ................ will record the earthquake on a piece of paper
seismometer
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How do the plates move? Fast, slow, or medium?
Slow
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Name 2 types of plates
Oceanic and continental
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what does the magnitude scale go up to,
1-10 or 1 & over
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Name one earthquake in the slides.
San Francisco earthquake or Valdivia Earthquake
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When plates move apart we say it is a _________ boundary
divergent
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What is the most likely place to feel an earthquake?
If you live near tectonic plate boundaries;
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When plates move together we say it is a .......... boundary
convergent
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How many people died in the 1906 SF earthquake?
3,000
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What is earth's crust made of?
Tectonic plates
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what is the strongest earthquake
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1960 valdivia earthquake (Frank dosent stand a chance.
(made by Diego)
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how can earthquakes help the earth (list 1-2)
builds mountains, enriches soils, regulates the planet's temperature, concentrates gold and other rare metals.
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who created the original magnitude scale
Charles F. Richter
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When does the aftershock occur?
After an earthquake
