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History
Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Volcanoes
Earthquake Scale
Plates
Places
100
Alfred Wegener
What is the name of the person who came up with the theory of Pangea?
100
Ring of Fire
What is the place where most volcanoes and earthquakes are located?
100
Richter Scale
What is the Earthquake scale called?
100
5km
What is the distance in kilometers the Oceanic Crust is thick?
100
San Andreas Fault
What is a very known fault in the U.S. located in California called?
200
1912
What is the date in which Alfred Wegener came up with the theory of Pangea?
200
Tsunamis
What is the giant waves that happen after an intense earthquake?
200
0-1.9 scale
What is the earthquake's scale when it can only be detected with seismograph?
200
60km
What is the distance in kilometer the Earth's Crust is thick?
300
1900s approximately evidence was found
What is the estimate of the time when evidence that Pangea did occur was found?
300
Epicentre
What is the place where movement begins in an earthquake called?
300
5-5.9 scale
What is the earthquake's scale when furniture moves and plaster falls from walls?
300
Transform
What is it called when two plates slide past each other and causes earthquakes?
400
Fault
What is it called when rocks crack because of force?
400
6-6.9 scale
What is the scale when huge damage happens to small buildings?
400
Mountain Ranges
What is that happens when two are continental plates?
500
Volcanoes
What is it called when Magma from earth bursts?
500
9+ scale
What is the scale when there is almost complete destruction and the earthquake is visible?
500
Separating Plates and Colliding Plates
What is that happens when there's movement in the sea or in a volcano?