Earthquakes

What is a threat that a naturally occurring event will have a effect on humans?

• Natural Disaster

• Natural Hazard

• Risk

• Warning

It gives people time to respond to a hazard

• Risk

• Warning

• Hazard

• Disaster

These places lack education and awareness of hazards, response teams, and appropriate building codes

• Technologically advanced countries

• More developed countries

• USA

• Less developed countries

Earthquakes, Tsunamis, and Floods are

• Atmospheric hazards

• Risks

• Geological hazards

• Other hazards

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Hurricanes, tornadoes, and droughts are

• Other hazards

• Geological hazards

• Atmospheric hazards

• Warnings

In the Jell-O model, the graham crackers represented

• Mantle

• Core

• Buildings

• Crust

What inside the mantle layer of the earth generates heat to start earthquakes?

• Pressure

• Convection currents

• Magma

• Lava

The area inside the earth where an earthquake begins

• Focus

• Epicenter

• Fault

• Plates

insect infestations, decease epidemics, and wildfires are

• Geological hazards

• Atmospheric hazards

• Other natural hazards

• Risks

What is the largest fault line in the United States?

• New Madrid

• California

• Ramapo

• San Andreas