Construct explanations about the geologic forces that cause earthquakes.
Discover how Earthquakes are measured.
Watch the attached video recording titled: “Earthquakes” to Construct explanations about the geologic forces that cause earthquakes and discover how Earthquakes are measured.
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Why people can not cause earthquakes?
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List one thing you should do during an earthquake.
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What is the measure of the amount of ground shaking during an earthquake?
Magnitude
Epicenter
Which scale rates earthquakes based on the amount of damage done?
Mercalli Intensity Scale
Richter Magnitude Scale
Which feature is created by all 3 types of plate boundaries?
Earthquakes
Mountains
How does the Richter Magnitude Scale calculate its measurements?
The strength of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph machine
The amount of time the earthquake lasted
All of the following are reasons some buildings are damaged more than others during an earthquake EXCEPT:
The design of the building
The people living inside of the building.
What does a seismograph measure?
The temperature of the earth's core
The amount of shaking of the crust
Match each of the follwing sentences with the correct answer.
The instrument used to measure earthquakes?
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The place where an earthquake originates inside the Earth's surface
Epicenter
Liquefaction is ___________
Seismograph
The place on the Earth's surface, above the origin of the earthquake
The soil behaves like liquid
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