Earthquake Review

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Which type of wave arrives to a point first? Options: Primary Waves (P-Waves), Secondary Waves (S-Waves), Rayleigh Waves, Love Waves

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Primary Waves (P-Waves)

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Which classification of wave does the most damage? Options: Body Waves, Mega Waves, Surface Waves, Love Waves

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Surface Waves

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We use this tool to measure seismic waves during earthquakes.

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Seismographs

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This is the type of plate boundary when two plates run into each other or on top of each other.

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Convergent

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This is the type of plate boundary where two tectonic plates move apart

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Divergent

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This is the type of plate boundary where two plates slip past each other

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Transform

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When plates break or slip past each other they form these: mountains, tectonic plates, Fault lines, earthquakes

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Fault lines

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This is the area beneath the Earth's surface where the earthquake begins.

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focus

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This is the area above ground where the earthquake starts

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epicenter

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Stretching rock so it becomes thinner in the middle is what kind of stress? Options: tension, compression, shearing

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tension