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 Where do earthquakes occur?  

On fault lines

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  1. How has the position of Earth’s continents changed over time?

They have been spreading apart

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  1. What is the scale that measures earthquakes

Richter

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  1. Where in North America do most earthquakes occur?

The West Coast

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  1.  Along what ocean do most earthquakes occur?

The Pacific

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  1. What causes earthquakes?

Movement of the Earth's plates

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  1. Does the ground actually open up during an earthquake?

Nope

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  1. These are massive land slabs of rock that compose the Earth’s crust

Tectonic plates

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  1. This is a visible crack on Earth’s surface where plates are contacting one another

Faultlines

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  1. Do changes in the earth’s crust happen gradually or suddenly?

gradually

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Approximately how many tectonic plates have been discovered?

50-100

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 What is the fault line running under California?  It's also the name of a GTA game

San Andreas

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  1. What movement occurs during a strike/slip fault

They slide past one another

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What does the prefix ‘Geo’ mean

Earth

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  1. What was the name of Earth’s massive super continent?

Pangea

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  1. What are the three fault line types?

Strike, slip, and normal

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  1. Similar fossils found on different continents is evidence of which?

Plate tectonics

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  1. How long ago did pangea exist?

3 million years

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What is a seismograph

Paper representation of an earthquake

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  1. In which continent do the majority of earthquakes occur?

Asia

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  1. What water based disaster can occur from underwater earthquakes?

Tsunami

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  1. When two plates collide, what kind of fault is it?

Convergent

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  1. What is the hot, semi-liquid layer beneath the crust

Asthenosphere

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What geographic feature created the Hawaiian Islands

A hot spot

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  1. The center of an earthquake is known as what?

The epicenter