Earthquakes and Tsunamis

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What are earthquakes?

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rolling, shaking, moving or shaking of the Earth's surface

Front

Which plate boundary occurs when plates move side to side? Options: Convection, Convergent, Transform

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Transform

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This famous transform fault is located in the western United States creates significant earthquake activity for California.

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San Andreas

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The Richter scale measures:

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the strength of an earthquake

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The motion caused by earthquakes travels outward from the focus in the form of

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Seismic waves

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At about what time did all of the S-waves hit?

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45 sec

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Do earthquakes happen every day and are most too small for humans to notice?

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True

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These are the first waves released during an earthquake: S waves, Surface Waves, P waves

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P waves

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You use a travel-time graph (difference in P and S Wave arrival times) to find:

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Distance to epicenter

Front

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

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Spongebob Squarepants