Earthquakes Cause and Effect
Measuring Earthquakes
Plate Boundaries
Vocabulary
Review
100
Name one result of an earthquake.
VOLCANO, MOUNTAIN, TSUNAMI...
100
Seismology is the study of...
EARTHQUAKES
100
Layer of the Earth tectonic plates are found.
CRUST
100
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
CRUST
100
Name at least two of the four layers of the earth.
CRUST, MANTLE, OUTER CORE, INNER CORE
200
The area that experiences most of the Earth's earthquakes (and volcanoes!)
RING OF FIRE
200
Body, primary, and secondary are all examples of ...
SEISMIC WAVES
200
Name one type of plate boundary.
DIVERGENT, CONVERGENT, or TRANSFORM
200
What is the natural disaster with sudden strong movements in the earth's crust known as?
EARTHQUAKE
200
When magma reaches the earth's surface it is known as...
LAVA
300
95% of all earthquakes occur along ________ __________.
PLATE BOUNDARIES
300
The device that records the size, duration, and frequency of earthquake vibrations is known as...
A SEISMOMETER
300
Convergent plate boundaries occur when two plates come together, this usually results in the formation of...
MOUNTAINS or VOLCANOES
300
What is a break in the earth's crust known as?
FAULT
300
Name at least one type of volcano.
SHIELD, CINDER, COMPOSITE
400
Which plate is thicker, an oceanic plate or a continental plate?
CONTINENTAL PLATE
400
The scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake with a number from 1 to 10 is known as the...
RICHTER SCALE
400
Transform boundaries occur when plates rub up against each other in a sideways motion. These usually cause...
VIOLENT EARTHQUAKES
400
What is a slight movement in the earth's crust known as?
TREMOR
400
75% of the earth's surface is covered in...
WATER
500
True or False: A typical earthquake lasts about a minute.
TRUE!
500
Using the Richter scale, which earthquake will probably be more destructive, a 7.5 earthquake or a 5.0 earthquake?
7.5 EARTHQUAKE
500
When two plates move away from each other, this is known as a _________________ boundary.
DIVERGENT
500
The tremors that usually follow an earthquake are known as the...
AFTERSHOCK
500
What is the lithosphere?
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