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Basics
Tectonic Plates
China
Seismic
Aftershocks
100
What is a break in the continuity of a body of rock?
What is a fault
100
Large plates of rock that make up the foundation of the earths crust
What is tectonic plates
100
Aftershocks were reported in China... TRUE or FALSE?
What is TRUE
100
This happens when a earthquake occurs
What is Seismic waves
100
These are smaller earthquakes that follow one larger one
What is an aftershock
200
The place where most earthquakes happen
What is the ring of fire
200
the __________ were shaking voilently during this earthquake.
What is tectonic plates
200
Japan was affected by this earthquake TRUE or FALSE
What is FALSE
200
A machine that measures a earthquake
What is seismograph
200
Have any aftershocks been reported in China for this quake? TRUE or FALSE
What is TRUE
300
what is the main cause for why earthquakes happen so often in certain places?
What is the location of the tectonic plate edges
300
There was no warning about the earth quake in china because ____________
It was the worst natural disaster in 30 years
300
The place where seismic wave data is collected
What is a seismic station
400
Was the smaller earthquake near Beijing an aftershock or a smaller earthquake?
What is a different earthquake
400
What are the movements in the earth that can be felt on the surface?
What is seismic waves
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!! Name three out of nine of the areas that are mostly affected by earthquakes
What is South America, North America, Australia, Africa, Philippines, India, Caribbean, Haiti, and Alaska.
500
What do you use to find out where the point of damage was in an earthquake?
What is any form of earthquake technology(seismograph, seismic station, ect.)
500
When 2 tectonic plates are overlapping each other what is that called?
Divergent fault
500
The epicenter of this earthquake was located in...
What is San Juyaan
500
Seismic waves from this earthquake felt how many miles away?
What is 900 miles