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How can a structure be made more earthquake resistant?
There is nothing you can do
Use layers of rubber and steel as motion dampeners
Put the house on stilts
Use reinforced metal and wood
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How can you stay safe during an earthquake?
Get under a table
Run in circles and yell
It doesn't matter what you do, you are doomed
Sit next to a window
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What direction do seismic waves travel?
up and down
back and forth
all directions
side to side
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Wavelength is...
B
C
D
A
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As amplitude increases, magnitude will _________
You cannot predict it
Decrease
Stay the same
Increase
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Where do most earthquakes happen?
Continental plate boundaries
far away from plate boundaries
in the middle of the country
Edges of the ocean
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The amount of energy released by an earthquake is its:
Attitude
Amplitude
Magnitude
Charmander
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The trough is...
C
B
A
D
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BONUS: What is the name of the rat who lives in the school?
Rattatouille
Cheese
Bob
Linguine
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Transverse waves move material up and down
Should I make nachos for dinner?
Both
False
True
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Longitudinal waves move material back and forth
True
False
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What causes an Earthquake?
The ring of fire
A sudden shift in Earth's plates
Earth's plates moving slowly and gradually
Volcanoes
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The crest is...
B
D
C
A
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Amplitude is...
D
B
A
C
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What areas of the United States have the highest risk of Earthquakes?
The western coast
The eastern coast
The midwest
Alaska
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What do topographic maps show?
Landforms, such as mountain ranges and deep ocean trenches.
The different states in a country
Where earthquakes happem
Boundaries between cities
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What instrument is used to detect and record earthquakes?
Earthquake machine thingy mabob
Ukulele
Seismograph
Richter Scale
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A break or crack in Earth's crust where plates come together is called what?
Continent
Seismograph
Fault
Wave
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The word "seismic" comes from the greek word "seismos" meaning....
To snake
To break
To quake
To shake
