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Earthquake Destruction Jeopardy Earth’s Interior Seismic Waves More Seismic Earthquake Destruction Faults Earthquake 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500
How many layers does the Earth’s interior have?
What is 4? A 100
What is the name of the layer of the Earth’s interior that comprised of liquid iron?
What is the OUTER CORE? A 200
What is the name of the outer most layer of the Earth?
What is the CRUST? A 300
What is the Layer that moves and is like Hummus
What is the Mantle? A 400
Name the parts that move for tectonic plates?
What are the CRUST and UPPER MOST PART OF THE MANTLE?
The two major seismic waves B 100
What are the PRIMARY, SECONDARY B 100
Originates at the focus B 200
What are the PRIMARY and SECONDARY WAVES? EARTH QUAKE WAVES B 200
The fastest moving seismic wave B 300
What is the PRIMARY WAVE? B 300
Cause the most damage B 400
What is the Secondary waves? B 400
Goes up and down B 500
What are SECONDARY WAVES? B 500
Where earthquakes and volcanoes occur
What is THE SURFACE ALONG tectonic plate boundrias
What happens when tectonic plates hit each other
Cause earthquakes C 200
Free points!! C 300
C 300
DAILY DOUBLE DAILY DOUBLE Place A Wager C 400
The San Andreas is one C 400
What is a strike-slip fault C 400
The force behind a normal fault
What is a tectonic plates moving ?
The point beneath the surface where the energy release occurs D 100
What is the FOCUS? D 100
Scientists who study earthquakes and seismic waves
Who are SEISMOLOGISTS? D 200
Point on the Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus
What is the EPICENTER? D 300
State in lower 48 with the most earthquake’s each year D 400
What is California ? D 400
Famous Quake of 1906 D 500
What is the San Francisco Quake? D 500
Difference in arrival time between primary and secondary waves help scientists locate this
What is the EPICENTER? E 100
Number of seismograph station readings needed to locate an earthquake epicenter
What is 3? E 200
Which wave is faster E 300
What is the p wave E 300
Moves through the Earth by causing particles in rocks to move up and down
What is a SECONDARY WAVE?
Where do most earthquakes occure on the edges of?
Edges of tectonic plates
Measure of the energy released by an earthquake
What is MAGNITUDE? F 100
Measures size of earthquake
What is Seismograph F 200
Earthquakes under the sea causes a sudden movement of the ocean floor
What is a TSUNAMI? F 300
Depends on strength and size of fault movement
What is MOMENT MAGNITUDE? F 400
For each increase of 1.0 on the Richter scale, the amplitude of the largest surface waves is this
What is 10 times greater? F 500
The Final Jeopardy Category is: Earthquake Measurement Click on screen to begin
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