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English 11 Public

Play this game to review the causes and results of earthquakes.

Study Slideshow

What happens when 2 of the earth's plates slip past each other?

An earthquake

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What is the line along the 2 moving plates called?

Fault

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What is the point on the earth's surface right above where the earthquake occurs?

Epicenter

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What causes the earth to shake during an earthquake?

When the plates rub together, it causes a ripple effect on the crust, or earth's surface.

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What is the top-most layer of the earth called?

The crust

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What instrument is used to measure earthquakes?

Seismograph

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Is the change caused to the earth's surface during an earthquake a rapid change, or a slow change?

Rapid. It does not happen over decades or centuries. It happens in a matter of minutes.

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True or False? The size of the earthquake is called the Magnitude?

True. There is one magnitude for each earthquake.

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True or False? Engineers can not build buildings to help withstand earthquakes?

False. Engineers can make many adjustments to building designs to make them safer.

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True or False? Very stiff rigid buildings withstand earthquakes well?

False. A building that actually sways and flexes with the movement of the earth's surface is much safer.

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Name at least one way that engineers make a building safer during an earthquake.

Putting the building on huge bearings or rollers to move with the earth's surface. Allowing the building the flex and sway.

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