What is the Ring of fire
A place where most volcanoes and earthquakes happen
The movement of _______ is the primary cause of earthquakes.
tectonic plates
How many levels are there
8 different levels
What is the state with the most earthquakes
California
earthquakes they need a specific type of weather. True or false?
False
What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?
what is the place that has had the biggest earthquake
southern Chile
When stress overcomes the friction from the plates getting stuck there is an earthquake that releases energy in ________.
Waves/seismic waves
What is the level where people start feeling earthquakes. the 2nd, 4th, 5th or 7th.
The 2nd
True or false? Every state in the U.S. has had an earthquake
True
what was the longest earthquake ever recorded
10 min
this fault line is the one responsible for the earthquakes in California
San Andreas
what is the strongest earthquake ever recorded
9.5 level of magnitude on the Richter scale