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100 200 400 300 400 Earth’s Interior & More Earthquakes Plate Tectonics Anything Goes 300 200 400 200 100 500 100
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Row 1, Col 1 What has helped scientists learn about the Earth’s interior? Seismic Waves
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1,2 This chart shows that ______ waves travel faster. Primary Waves
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1,3 This man came up with evidence for continental drift, but could answer HOW the continents Moved. Alfred Wegener
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2,4 Metamorphic rocks form as a result of ________ and _____ Heat and Pressure
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3,1 The speed at which seismic waves travel is affected by the ______ of the material they are moving through. density
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3,2 The machine that records the wave movement of an earthquake is called a _________ seismometer
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3,3 Tectonic plate boundaries are characterized by both earthquakes and __________ volcanoes
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3,4 Why does California have more earthquakes than states on the eastern coast of the U.S.? California is on the boundary of 2 crustal plates
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4,1 Primary waves travel _______ than secondary waves or surface waves. faster
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4,2 The scale for measuring the energy released by an earthquake is called the __________ Scale. Richter
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4,3 Ocean plates are both ______ and more _______ than continental plates. younger and more dense
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4,4 More earthquake deaths result from ___________ than from the shaking of the ground and buildings. Fires as a result of gas line ruptures
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5,1 Each dot on this diagram of a subduction zone represents an ________ Earthquake
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5,2 The amount of earthquakes and volcanoes along a boundary determines whether the boundary is a_________ or p_________. active or passive
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5,3 Tectonic plate movement is best measured in __________ per year. centimeters
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5,4 Finding fossils in different layers can help determine which fossilized organisms existed at the same __________ time
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