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2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt Locating Earthquakes Continental Drift Earthquake Terms Earth’s Interior Plates FJ
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Minimum number of seismographs needed to locate the epicenter ?
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Difference in arrival times of the P- & S- waves increases as the distance from the epicenter ______
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increases
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The process we used to locate the epicenter is called
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triangulation
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Number of earthquakes predicted in a meaningful time
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If there is no difference between the arrival times of the P- & S- waves, you are located at the _____
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epicenter
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Name of the super-continent
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Pangaea
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Continents that look like they fit together
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South America and Africa
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James Hutton’s theory
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Uniformitarianism
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Why no one believed Wegener
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He had no idea what moved the continents
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Hawaii is forming over a _____ ______
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Hot spot
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Number of major plates
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Around 10-12
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Alternate name for plate
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lithosphere
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Type of rock that ocean plates are made of
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basalt
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What the plates slide on
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asthenosphere
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What part(s) of the earth’s interior make up the plates
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Crust and upper part of the upper mantle
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The thickest layer of the earth’s interior
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mantle
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Thinnest layer of the earth
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crust
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Which layer is liquid
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Outer core
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List the earth layers in order
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Crust, mantle, outer core, & inner core
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What element is the inner core composed of
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Iron
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Damage done by an earthquake is defined by
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intensity
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Instrument that measures the magnitude of an earthquake
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seismograph
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Movement along a fracture
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fault
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The difference in strength between a 5 and 6 on the Richter scale is _____ times
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31
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What are the 2 surface waves
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Love & rayleigh
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List the 4 associated dangers to the actual earthquake Earthquake dangers Liquefaction, fire storms, aftershocks, & tsunamis
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