Earthquake

Question 1

What scientific device measures the strength of an earthquake?

Answer 1

Seismograph

Question 2

How many devices must you have minimum?

Answer 2

3

Question 3

The strength of an earthquake has units measured with?

Answer 3

Ritcher Scale

Question 4

What is the actual increase in strength between 3.0 and 4.0?

Answer 4

10x

Question 5

What are the three types of waves an earthquake gives off?

Answer 5

P, S, and Surface

Question 6

The group of all three waves an earthquake can give off is called what?

Answer 6

Seismic

Question 7

Of the three specific waves which travel the fastest?

Answer 7

P and S

Question 8

Which waves can travel through the deep middle layers of earth?

Answer 8

P and S

Question 9

Which waves cause the most damage in an earthquake?

Answer 9

Surface

Question 10

Describe how the ground atoms move during the earthquake?

Answer 10

Rolling

Question 11

Scientists develop early warning systems that use differences in?

Answer 11

Speed

Question 12

The previous answer is because there is what type of plate boundary?

Answer 12

Slip fault

Question 13

Name the location deep in the ground where the earthquakes power is centered?

Answer 13

Focus

Question 14

Name the location directly above this point?

Answer 14

Epicenter

Question 15

To find where an earthquake came from scientists use a process called?

Answer 15

Triangulation

Question 16

What can only one of the previous monitoring stations tell you about you location?

Answer 16

Distance

Question 17

What can only two of the previous monitoring stations tell you about your location?

Answer 17

2 spots

Question 18

What should you do if you have 60 seconds b4 an earthquake?

Answer 18

Get outside

Question 19

What should you do if there’s an earthquake rn?

Answer 19

Get under table

Question 20

There’s an earthquake,a car sinks into the ground. The soil did what?

Answer 20

Liquifacation

Question 21

What is the scientific name for scientists who study the Earth?

Answer 21

Geologists

Question 22

We know earths core is solid metal by measuring the speed of?

Answer 22

Waves

Question 23

What process inside the mantle is actually physically moving the plates?

Answer 23

Convection

Question 24

Where in the US is the world’s 2nd strongest earthquake located?

Answer 24

Alaska

Question 25

Where in the US r u most likely to experience an earthquake?

Answer 25

Cali