earthquakes review

EARTHQUAKES

100

The shaking of the earth's surface layer (the crust)

Earthquake

200

Large fast moving ocean waves due to shaking of the ocean floor

Tsunami

300

the study of the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates

Seismology

400

an area where a number of the most active volcanoes and tectonic plates can be found

Ring of Fire

500

What two factors are used to measure an earthquake? 

Distance and Length

Shaking and Rumbling

Magnitude and Intensity

Mercalli and Richter

Magnitude and Intensity

EARTHQUAKES 2

100

This scale measure the MAGNITUDE of an earthquake

Richter Scale

200

The scale used to measure the INTENSITY of an earthquake

Mercalli Scale

300

The amount of energy released by an earthquake measured is called 

MAGNITUDE 

INTENSITY

MAGNITUDE

400

The measure of damage to structures and living things by an earthquake is called

MAGNITUDE

INTENSITY

INTENSITY

500

Approximately/Estimated how many earthquakes does our planet have each year?

1

10

1,000

1,000,000 

1,000,000

EARTHQUAKES 3

100

WHAT CAUSES EARTHQUAKES?

The movement of water on the ocean floor

The molten core of the earth and its gravity

The movement and shifting of tectonic plates

large cracks in the earths crust

The movement and shifting of tectonic plates

200

What is a FAULT/FAULT LINE

The movement of water on the ocean floor

The molten core of the earth and its gravity

The movement and shifting of tectonic plates

large cracks in the earths crust

large cracks in the earths crust

300

When tectonic plates/boundaries move TOWARDS each other to cause earthqukes, these are what type of boundaries? 

CONVERGING

400

What kind of boundaries cause earthquakes by moving AWAY from each other? 

DIVERGING

500

What kind of boundaries cause earthquakes by moving side by side

TRANSFORM BOUNDAIRES

DIP AND SLIP FAULTS

100

What two factors do SLIP AND DIP faults measure to determine the type of fault it is? 

MAGNITUDE AND INTENSITY

ANGLE AND DIRECTION

STRIKE AND SLIP

NORMAL AND REVERSE

ANGLE (with respect to the surface) AND DIRECTION 

200

What is a STRIKE SLIP fault? (What direction do the boundaries move in respect to each other?)

Horizontal (left <--> right)

Vertical (up <--> down)

Both

Neither

Horizontal (left or right)

300

What is a NORMAL fault? (What direction do the boundaries move in respect to each other?)

Horizontal (left <--> right)

Vertical (up <--> down)

Both and towards each other

Both and away from each other

Both and towards each other

400

What is a REVERSE fault? (What direction do the boundaries move in respect to each other?)

Horizontal (left <--> right)

Vertical (up <--> down)

Both and towards each other

Both and away from each other

Neither

Both and AWAY from each other

500

What is an OBLIQUE fault? (What direction do the boundaries move in respect to each other?)

Horizontal (left <--> right)

Vertical (up <--> down)

Both and towards each other

Both and away from each other

All of the above

Neither

All of them. 

one part can go up and away while the other goes down and towards the other, etc. 

layers of the earth

100

What is the uppermost part of the earth called

Crust

200

What is the second layer of the earth below the crust that makes up about 83% of the earths interior (inside)

Mantle

300

What are both the inner core and the outer core of the earth made of? 

Iron. Solid in the inner core and liquid (with nickel) in the outer core

400

What parts of the earths layers make up the LITHOSPHERE? 

CRUST AND PART OF THE MANTLE (THE RIGID PIECES)

500

What part of the earths layers make up the ATHENOSPHERE? 

The waxy lower/inner part of the mantle