Transcript Earthquake and Tectonics Jeopardy

Earthquakes and Tectonics
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Waves
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The point on Earth’s
surface directly above
the earthquakes focus
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Epicenter
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Energy released in the form
of vibrations that travel
outward in all directions
from the focus through the
surrounding rock
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Seismic Waves
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A primary wave, or
compression wave, that
causes rock to move in a
back and forth motion
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P Waves
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A giant ocean wave that forms
after an earthquake
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Tsunami
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A region of numerous,
closely spaced faults
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Fault Zone
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A secondary body wave that
causes rock to move in a side to
side motion
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S wave
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The location within Earth
along a fault at which the
first motion of an
earthquake occurs
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Focus
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This type of surface
wave moves side to
side and perpendicular
to the direction the
waves are traveling
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Love wave
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This type of surface wave
causes the ground to move
with an elliptical, rolling
motion
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Raleigh Wave
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The primary, compression
wave that moves through
solids and liquids
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P waves
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Boundary between two
plates that are colliding,
creating a mountain
range
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Convergent
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Boundary where two
plates are dividing,
creating a mid-ocean
ridge
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Divergent
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What is created when two
oceanic plates collide?
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An Island Arc
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The boundary between
tectonic plates that are
sliding past each other
horizontally
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Transform
Boundary
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What type of boundary
commonly causes
earthquakes?
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Transform Boundary
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What is the sudden return
of elastically deformed rock
to its undeformed shape,
causing an earthquake?
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Elastic Rebound
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What can studying
seismic waves tell
scientists?
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What the layers of
the Earth are made
of, and where the
shadow zones are
located
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What is can be
created when an
earthquakes epicenter
is on the ocean floor?
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Tsunami
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What is the strength of
an earthquake?
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Magnitude
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What do we call the amount of damage
an earthquake does?
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Intensity
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What are the two body
waves we have learned
about?
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Primary and Secondary
waves ( P and S waves)
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What instrument creates a
Seismogram?
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Seismograph
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What are the two types of
surface waves we learned
about?
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Love and Raleigh Waves
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True or False: The closer a
city is to an epicenter, the
more likely it is to have
substantial damage
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True
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What are the two scales that
measure magnitude?
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Richter scale and
moment magnitude
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