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The name for when all the continents were stuck together.
What is Pangea?
100
this is a scale used to measure earthquakes
What is Richter or Mercalli?
100
the instrument used to measure earthquakes
What is a siesmograph?
100

how can you lessen the impact of an earthquake?

buildings with strong foundations, the lower the better, building must be able to sway 

earthquake proof buildings.

200
What is the term for how the continents moved apart?
What is continental drift?
200
what happens when two plates rub together?
What is an earthquake?
200

This is the mechanism (what causes) the plates to move

What is convection currents.

200

This event normally follows after an earthquake?

what is tsunami.

300
an underwater earthquake that causes a big wave
What is a tsunami?
300

_________________ are a result from the build up of stress at a plate boundary.

What is an earthquake?

300
what would a 6.0 earthquake be like?
some damage to buildings. felt by most people.
300

One place close to Caribbean that experience many earthquakes. ( hint I spoke about it last class)

What is Haiti?

400
the place where two plates meet.
What is a fault line?
400
what would a 3.0 earthquake be like?
little to no damage. barely felt
400
Which building would be safer: a tall brick sky scraper or a small wooden house
What is a small wooden house?
400

Name one place in the US that has a lot of earthquakes

What is California?

500
the place in the South Pacific where a lot of earthquakes/ volcanic activity/ tsunamis happen
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
How do we know the continents were once connected?
similar biomes, the shape fits together, similar animals, etc
500
How can islands form in the ocean?
What is a volcano?
500

The point at which the rock move or break causing an earthquake.

What is the focus?