2. Jeopardy SEISMIC WAVES Not My Fault WHOLE LOTTA SHAKIN’ SAFETYMISC Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy

3. $100 Question from H1 The fastest seismic waves. Answer

4. $100 Answer from H1 What are primary waves (P waves)?

5. $200 Question from H1 Waves that cause the most damage. Answer

6. $200 Answer from H1 What are surface waves?

7. $300 Question from H1 Waves that are created when Body waves reach the surface of Earth and cause severe ground movement. Answer

8. $300 Answer from H1 What are surface waves?

9. $400 Question from H1 Waves that can only go through solids. Answer

10. $400 Answer from H1 What are secondary waves (S Waves)?

11. $500 Question from H1 The cause of an earthquake. Answer

12. $500 Answer from H1 What is sudden movement or release of stress along a fault?

13. $100 Question from H2 The part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the _____ wall. Answer

14. $100 Answer from H2 What is a footwall?

15. $200 Question from H2 Shearing creates this type of fault. Answer

16. $200 Answer from H2 What is a strike-slip fault?

17. $300 Question from H2 A strike-slip fault is associated with this type of boundary. Answer

18. $300 Answer from H2 What is a transform or sliding boundary?

19. $400 Question from H2 An extended break in the earth’s crust marked by displacement and discontinuity of rock strata. Answer

20. $400 Answer from H2 What is a fault?

21. $500 Question from H2 Reverse faults are caused by this type of stress. Answer

22. $500 Answer from H2 What is compression?

23. $100 Question from H3 The paper tracing that records seismic waves. Answer

24. $100 Answer from H3 What is a seisomogram?

25. $200 Question from H3 The process in which violent shaking of an Earthquake turns soft soil into mud. Answer

26. $200 Answer from H3 What is liquifaction?

27. $300 Question from H3 The direction energy from an earthquake travels. Answer

28. $300 Answer from H3 What is waves moving away from the focus?

29. $400 Question from H3 The spot on the earth’s surface directly above the origin (focus) of an earthquake. Answer

30. $400 Answer from H3 What is the epicenter?

31. $500 Question from H3 The number of seismic recording stations required to locate the epicenter of an Earthquake. Answer

32. $500 Answer from H3 What is three?

33. $100 Question from H4 The cause of most injuries and deaths during an earthquake. Answer

34. $100 Answer from H4 What are falling objects/collapsing buildings?

35. $200 Question from H4 Answer During an earthquake, your first reaction when indoors is this.

36. $200 Answer from H4 What is drop, cover and hold on?

37. $300 Question from H4 Answer The reason scientists can’t predict earthquakes.

38. $300 Answer from H4 What is scientist do not know where the stress will be released along the fault?

39. $400 Question from H4 List 3 important steps to prepare your home and family for an earthquake Answer

40. $400 Answer from H4 Have a preparedness kit Have and practice an escape route Secure tall heavy furniture Install latches on upper cabinets Have a meeting place for the family to meet after the quake (in case you get separated).

41. $500 Question from H4 Buildings can be designed to minimize damage during an earthquake by adding this. Answer

42. $500 Answer from H4 What is base-isolation?

43. $100 Question from H5 Seismic waves that move by compression. Answer

44. $100 Answer from H5 What are P waves?

45. $200 Question from H5 The device used to measure seismic waves. Answer

46. $200 Answer from H5 What is a seismograph?

47. $300 Question from H5 When an S wave was detected very quickly after a P wave, scientists know this about the earthquake. Answer

48. $300 Answer from H5 What is: the earthquake epicenter was very near?

49. $400 Question from H5 The reporting scale that measures earthquake intensity by describing damage at a location. Answer

50. $400 Answer from H5 What is Mercalli scale?

51. $500 Question from H5 The name of earthquake reporting scale that measures total energy released. Answer

52. $500 Answer from H5 What is moment magnitude scale?

53. Final Jeopardy Three pieces of information scientists use to make predictions about earthquakes. Answer

54. Final Jeopardy Answer What are: location of active faults; movement of faults; and History of past earthquakes?