Tectonic Plates
UPLIFT
The outer most layer of the Earth. This is the layer we walk on.
EARTHS CRUST
SEISMOLOGIST
HOW MANY LAYERS OF EARTH ARE THERE?
6
RIP - TOUR - SCALE
RICHTER SCALE
WHAT TWO PLATES WERE INVOLVED IN THE GREAT ALASKAN EARTHQUAKE?
PACIFIC AND NORTH AMERICAN
When one tectonic plate converges under another due to density differences.
AFTERSHOCKS
WHAT VILLAGE IN ALASKA LOST 23 PEOPLE 1/3 OF ITS POPULATION IN A TSUANMI AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE?
CHENEGA
SEE - SMELL - O - GIST
SEISMOLOGIST
Most major earthquakes have occurred with this tectonic plate.....
PACIFIC PLATE
WHAT IS A DIVERGENT BOUNDRY?
A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates move away from each other.
HOW ARE EARTHQUAKES MEASURED?? WHAT IS THE RANGE TO MEASURE? WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE MEASURING UNIT? WHO INVENTED IT?
CHARLES RICHTER SCALE
WHAT CAUSED THE TSUNAMIS IN THE 1964 EARTHQUAKE? AND IS A COMMON REASON FOR TSUNAMIS AFTER EARTHQUAKES?
UNDERWATER LANDSLIDES
MAN - TELL - KOR
MANTLE CORE
When two tectonic plates meet it is called a what??
FAULT LINE
WHAT IS A TRANSFORM BOUNDRY
A boundary of two tectonic plates where the plates slide past each other.
EPICENTER
WHAT IS IT CALLED WHEN A TECTONIC PLATE SLIPS UNDERNEATH ANOTHER PLATE.....
SUBDUCTION
GEOLOGIC TIME
HOW MANY TECTONIC PLATES ARE THERE?
13
WHAT IS A CONVERGENT BOUNDRY?
PLATES THAT MOVE TOWARDS EACH OTHER
WHERE WAS THE LARGEST EARTHQUAKE EVER RECORDED? WHAT WAS THE SIZE OF THE EARTHQUAKE?
CHILE.... 9.5!
WHAT IS KNOWN AS THE RED PLANET?
MARS
PANG - YEAH
PANGEA