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A joint or crack in rock where the rock on both sides of the crack has moved relative to each other

what is a fault

100

Any force exerted on an object

what is stress

100

In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, what food do the turtles famously love?

what is pizza

100

A measurable movement of the earth’s crust

what is an earthquake

100

A far-reaching, devastating water wave caused by seismic activity

what is a tsunami

100

Any change in the shape of a solid due to stresses exerted on the material

what is strain

200

A fault whose main motion is parallel to its dip direction

what is a dip-slip fault

200

Forces that act to pull an object apart

what is tension

200

What is the name of Rapunzel's chameleon in the movie Tangled?

who is Pascal

200

An instrument that detects the movement of the earth due to seismic waves

what is a seismometer

200

The first earthquake wave that reaches a seismic station from an earthquake; the fastest seismic waves

what is P wave

200

The second earthquake wave that reaches a seismic station from an earthquake

what is S wave

300

DAILY DOUBLE (2x POINTS)

A dip-slip fault in which the upper body of rock drops relative to the lower body of rock

what is a normal fault

300

A contact force that acts to squeeze or crush an object or substance

what is compression

300

What is the name of the main character in The Legend of Zelda series?

Who is Link

300

The size or intensity of some measurable quantity

what is the magnitude

300

The point of an earthquake’s origin deep within the earth

what is the focus

300

the location on the earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus

what is the epicenter

400

A dip-slip fault in which the upper body of rock slides upward relative to the lower body of rock

what is a reverse fault

400

Forces acting in opposite directions on different parts of the same object or substance

what is shear

400

What is the name of the fictional newspaper where Clark Kent works?

what is "The Daily Planet"

400

A measure of the concentration of energy or the effects of the energy released

what is the intensity 

400

A crack in a rock that shows no indication of motion on either side of the crack

what is a joint

400

The angle of slope of a fault face or stratum, measured from the horizontal plane

what is a dip

500

A fault along which the main movement is horizontal or parallel to the fault’s strike; also called a transform fault

what is a strike-slip fault

500

The upward force that a fluid exerts on an object in the fluid

what is buoyant force

500

In The Incredibles, what is the family's last name?

what is Parr 

500

DAILY DOUBLE (2x POINTS)

A scale that rates the magnitude of the intensity of an earthquake

what is the Richter Scale

500

The margin between two tectonic plates that are moving toward each other

what is a convergent boundary

500

The margin between two tectonic plates that are sliding in opposite directions parallel to the margin

what is a transform boundary