2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Definition s What do you know about Earthquakes Potpourri Safety First What if…
A deep crack in the earth’s crust is a ____________?
Fault
20 sections of solid rock that may shift.
Plates
If a scientist said that an earthquake was measured 7.0. What instrument would they have used?
Richter Scale
An instrument used to measure the direction, strength and time of an earthquake.
Seismograph
The hottest layer in the earth.
The Inner Core
Chipmunks, frogs, and other animals that stayed underground during the eruption are called _______
Survivors
Over time, volcanic ash provides the soil with important ________.
Nutrients
Hot melted rock produced under a volcano?
Magma
Hot melted rock that flows out of a volcano is called?
Lava
Hungry animals that are attracted to the plants growing in an area after a volcanic eruption are called _________
Colonizers
What bag can you pack just incase an earthquake happens?
Emergency Kit
Safety film on windows prevents what?
Glass from flying
If animals begin to act a little funny it is warning sign for a(n) ________?
Earthquake
Scientists’ warnings, of an earthquake, can alert people to? DAILY DOUBLE
Leave the area
Once an earthquake begins to shake. Hurry to the closest _________.
Table or doorway
Can earthquakes and volcanoes benefit the earth?
Yes (Nutrients, Gases, different types of rock are created)
The pushing force of magma under the earth’s crust is called ___________.
Pressure
If the pressure from the plates sticking together is great enough the plates will _________
Move or Shake
What is one type of mountain an earthquake might create?
Folded mountains or fault block mountains
Granite, obsidian, and pumice are all formed from?
Magma or lava
Why do farmers return to the slopes (land) of a volcano after an eruption?
The land is very fertile and full of nutrients
When two plates collide with one another, the result will be?
Earthquake and folded mountains can form
Name a mountain, located in Washington and is part of the Ring of Fire, that recently has had a volcanic eruption.
May 18, 1980 Mount St. Helens
Hawaii, Japan, and many other islands were formed by _________
A volcanoes
The Ring of Fire surrounds what Ocean or Plate?
Pacific