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Quiz #1
shadow zone
conduction
fault
trench
s-waves
hot spot
p-waves
focus
epicenter
tsunamis
convection
divergent
convergent
1. Compressional waves, travel through everything.
2. Waves caused by displacement.
3. Plates moving apart.
4. Where Earthquake originates underground.
5. Energy transfer that is best in solids, they must be touching
6. Fracture in rock where movement occurs.
7. Feature of a subduction zone, the deepest part of the ocean.
8. Movement in mantle that causes plate tectonics.
9. Region that does not receive p-waves or s-waves.
10. Waves do not travel through liquid.
Bonus: What is the Grinch’s least favorite meal?
Bonus: What is the extra word?
Quiz #2
Epicenter
focus
oceanic crust
inner core
Tsunami
continental crust
outer core
1. below the surface where the earthquake occurs
2. giant killer waves – dude!
3. fastest waves given off by an earthquake
4. basaltic in composition
5. liquid layer
6. solid with composition like a meteorite
7. slower waves from an earthquake
8. violent shaking of the earth
9. granitic composition
10. interface of crust and mantle