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Earthquakes

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    Earthquakes
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  • What is an earthquake?
    a giant wave
    the aftershock of a volcano
    the shaking of the earth due to tectonic plates
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  • Which wave comes first?
    Love waves
    P waves
    S waves
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  • Which type of waves come second?
    S Waves
    Love Waves
    P Waves
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  • A volcano erupting can cause an earthquake?
    False
    True
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  • An earthquake can happen at any type of plate boundary.
    False
    True
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  • New York experiences a lot of earthquakes.
    True
    False
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  • Where can earthquakes occur?
    in the magma
    in space
    at fault lines
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  • Which type of wave is most damaging?
    surface waves
    secondary waves
    primary waves
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  • Earthquakes are damaging because...
    they create new land
    they move the crust up and down and side to side
    they always cause tsunamis
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  • What scale measures an earthquakes intesity?
    the Mohs scale
    the Richter scale
    the doctor's scale
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  • What is a tsunami?
    a giant wave caused by an earthquake
    a Japanese cartoon
    a type of tectonic plate
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  • What is an aftershock?
    getting electrocuted
    waves that happen after the earthquake
    a secret party
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  • What do lines close together on a seismograph mean?
    the time the earthquake lasted
    the earthquake is strong
    the earthquake is weak
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  • What is a seismograph
    a machine that measures earthquakes
    a machine that detects aliens
    a machine that measures volcanoes
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  • What can happen after an earthquake?
    shipwrecks
    fires
    low tides
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  • Where are earthquakes recorded?
    recording stations
    record stations
    gas stations
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