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What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?
Earthquake
Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake?
focus
Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement?
Richter Scale
What is a smaller earthquake that follows a larger earthquake?
Aftershock
What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?
Tsunami
One plate is forced over another plate during movement creating a thrust fault. What plate movement is it?
Convergent boundary
Earthquake is also known as ______.
temblors
The line where two tectonic plates meet is called a:
fault line
It is determined from EFFECTS on people, structure and natural environment.
Intensity
What gets released when plates move that causes the ground to shake?
energy
True or False: The strength of the shaking from an earthquake is called it's intensity.
True
Type of waves that can travel through the Earth’s inner layer.
Body waves
The waves of energy caused by the sudden breaking of rock within the Earth or an explosion.
Seismic Waves
