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Earthquake Study Guide 1. What are the four layers of the Earth and their definition? 2. Define primary and secondary waves. 3. Which wave arrives first? 4. Which wave causes the most damage? 5. At what time did the P wave arrive at B? What time did the S wave arrive at B? 6. Which station is closest to the earthquake? How do you know? 7. Which station is farthest from the earthquake? How do you know? 8. Why is it important to build a house on solid rock or attach it to the bedrock? 9. What instrument records earthquake vibrations? 10. What is the type of scientist studies earthquakes? 11. What is the relationship between earthquakes and volcanoes? 12. Name and define the three types of plate boundaries. A. B. C. 13. What features occur at each boundary? A. B. C. 14. Which plate boundary causes no new landforms? 15. How many major plates are there on Earth? 16. How do convection currents play a role in earthquakes? 17. Define tsunami. 18. Name the area of earthquakes and volcanoes that surrounds the Pacific Ocean. 19. What is the name of the famous fault that runs through California? What kind of plate boundary is it? 20. What type of rock is found in Oceanic crust? What type of rock is found in Continental crust?