Earthquakes 1
About 80% of all earthquakes happen at the Ring of Fire (true/false)
True
When tectonic plates move we feel
an earthquake
Tectonic plates are _____ in motion
always/constant
When plates move apart we say it is a .......... boundary
divergent
Animals have weird behavior prior to an earthquake (true/false)
True
When plates move together we say it is a .......... boundary
convergent
Can Ryley surf a tsunami?
No
How do the plates move? Fast, slow, or medium?
Slow
Name 2 types of crust
Oceanic and continental
A ................ will record the earthquake on a piece of paper
seismometer/graph
The main plate boundary involved within a tsunami?
A convergent plate boundary, specifically a subduction zone
Earthquakes are almost impossible to...
Predict
Where is the most likely place to feel an earthquake?
If you live near tectonic plate boundaries
How slow do tectonic plates move?
The speed of a fingernail growing
What year did the Thailand tsunami occur?
2004
What is earth's crust made of?
Tectonic plates
People who study Earth's crust or rocks?
Geologist
Where is the ring of fire?
Pacific Ocean/around the edge of the Pacific Plate
How many people died in the 1906 SF earthquake?
3,000
When does the aftershock occur?
After an earthquake