Earthquakes and Plate Tectonics

Most earthquakes only last for several ________ of time.

• seconds
• hours
• days
• years

In the United States, the state with the most earthquakes on average is ________.

• Florida
• California
• Alaska
• Washington

This is a place within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs. (underground)

• epicenter
• focus
• fault
• deformation

This is where two or more tectonic plates meet. 

• elastic rebound
• deformation
• tectonic plate boundary
• focus

This is the process by which rock becomes deformed and changes shape due to stress. 

• deformation
• stress
• fault
• epicenter

This is when rock returns to its original shape after deformation. 

• fault
• tectonic plate boundary
• focus
• elastic rebound

These are a series of extremely long waves that can travel across the ocean at speed up to 800 Km/h.

• tsunamis
• tornado
• earthquake
• epicenter

Earth's surface is all one piece.

• True
• False

This is a large single land mass about 245 million years ago. 

• super mario world
• europe
• pangaea
• Nazca

This is a boundary where two plates move away from each other.

• transform
• divergent
• convergent