Earthquakes
An earthquake is...
A fault is...
What is a fracture in rock caused by plate tectonics?
What is a divergent boundary?
A tsunami is...
What is a huge wave caused by an earthquake in the ocean crust?
What is centimeters?
Deadliest earthquake in history.
What is the Shaanxi Earthquake?
A normal fault.
What is when two plates pull apart?
Boundary where two plates push towards each other.
What is a convergent boundary?
Worst tsunami in history.
What is the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake?
Place where most tsunamis happen every year.
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire?
Machine used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
A reverse fault.
What is when two plates squish together?
Mid-ocean ridges occur at _______ boundaries.
What is divergent?
Country that has been most affected by tsunamis.
What is Japan?
True or false: an earthquake can affect how long a day is.
What is true?
The place directly above where the earthquake starts is called the _________
What is an epicenter?
A strike-slip fault.
What is when two plates slip past each other?
True or false: A 4.0 earthquake can damage a well-structured building
What is false?
A tsunami can go travel at speeds up to ___mph.
What is 500?
Plate movement is usually caused by _______ ______ in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
The scale used for measuring the magnitude of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale?
The most dangerous fault line on our planet.
What is the San Andreas Fault?
What is a transform boundary?
Tsunami with the highest wave recorded. (1,700 feet high)
What is the 1958 Lituya Bay megatsunami?
The biggest earthquake recorded. (9.5 magnitude)
What is the Valdivia Earthquake in Chile?