EARTHQUAKES FEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES

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EARTHQUAKES FEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT EARTHQUAKES USING THE FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS. UNDERLINE EACH VOCABULARY TERM AS YOU USE IT. 1. SEISMIC WAVE 2. FOCUS 3. PRIMARY WAVE 4. SECONDARY WAVE 5. SURFACE WAVE 6. EPICENTER 7. SEISMOGRAPH

EARTHQUAKES FEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES ORGANIZE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF SEISMIC WAVES. IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN HOW EACH WAVE MOVES.

EARTHQUAKES FEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES *HOW ARE SEISOMOGRAMS USED TO LOCATE AN EARTHQUAKE’S EPICENTER?

PEOPLE AND EARTHQUAKES DEFINE THE FOLLOWING WORDS: MAGNITUDE LIQUEFRACTION TSUNAMI

PEOPLE AND EARTHQUAKES DISTINGUISH THE FOUR FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT HOW MUCH DAMAGE AN EARTHQUAKE CAUSES. 1. 2. 3. 4.

EARTHQUAKES AND PEOPLE EVALUATE HOW DIFFERENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES AFFECT HUMANS AND CAUSE DAMAGE. RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE 1.5 4.0 8.5 FELT BY HUMANS? YES OR NO CUASES DAMAGE, IF SO WHAT KIND