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Earthquake Vocabulary
Earthquake Vocabulary
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Teaching key vocabulary words (grade 4)
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The ---- scale is a numerical scale for measuring the strength of an earthquake
Shock
Strength
Richter
Alex
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An ---- is a tremor, or reverberation, that occurs after the main earthquake.
beforeshock
aftershock
epicenter
foreshock
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The ---- of an earthquake is related to how much the land moves during the event.
epicenter
intensity
rumble
debris
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A ---- is a crack in the earth's crust. Earthquakes occur there.
epicenter
debris
fault
aftershock
5
A ----- is a small earthquake that takes before a larger earthquake.
aftershock
foreshock
advance shock
during shock
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The ---- is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake.
crust
epicenter
centerpoint
seismic
7
An -----, or tremor, can cause loss of life as well as property damage.
tornado
hurricane
blizzard
earthquake
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The ---- is the outer layer of Earth.
fault
crust
core
magma
9
----- is the scientific study of earthquakes and other related phenomena.
Biology
Earthquakology
Herbology
Seismology
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----- plates can move toward, apart, or past each other. They are part of the earth's crust.
Techtonic
Earthquake
Seismic
Puzzle
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When things ------, they move back and forth very quickly.
vibrate
fault
debris
crust
