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Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?
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S waves
tsunamis
P waves
surface waves
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What scale is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
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Mercalli Intensity Scale
Richter Scale
Tsunami Scale
Igneous Scale
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Which type of seismic wave arrives first at a seismograph?
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What scale is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake?
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The point beneath Earth's surface where the crust breaks and triggers and earthquake is called the...
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Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock?
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An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a(n) ___________.
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A volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the future is called...
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A __________ is a weak spot in the crust where magma comes through to the surface.
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A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a(n)...
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An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a(n)...
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The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is ____________.
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What is the name of the largest intrusive igneous rock bodies that form from the cooling of a large magma chamber, and reach the surface after many years of erosion?
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The ___________________ is a rating system that measures intensity and damage caused by an earthquake.
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The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus is called the ______________.
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Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce a __________________.
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Compression, tension, and shearing are three types of ____________________.
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The molten mixture of rock-forming substances, gases, and water deep in Earth's mantle is called ________________.
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The ___________________ is a belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
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What type of volcano is formed when an explosive eruption hurls ash, cinder, bombs, and gases out of a volcano?
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A(n) ____________________ is a wide gently sloping mountain made of hardened layers of low silica lava.
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After a volcano has a violent eruption, the sides of the mountain may cave-in and form a large crater called a_______________.
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What is an intrusive rock feature that runs across the layers of existing rocks?
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Explain what a greater difference in the arrival times between P and S waves means as far as the epicenter and the seismograph that measured them.
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What determines how violent a volcanic eruption will be?
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What is the difference between P and S wave arrival times in Seattle?
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What is the difference between P and S wave arrival times in Chicago?
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What is the difference between P and S wave arrival times in Savannah?
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What is Seattle's distance from the epicenter?
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What is Chicago's distance from the epicenter?
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What is Savannah's distance from the epicenter?
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Where was the earthquake's epicenter located? (Draw circles on the map to show the distance from Chicago, Savannah, and Seattle to the earthquake's epicenter)
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What is at the label L?
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What is at the label F?
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What is at the label H?
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What is at the label J?
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What is at the label K?
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What type of fault and stress is shown in the picture?
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What type of fault and stress is shown in the picture?
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What type of fault and stress is shown in the picture?
