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SEISMIC
WAVES
Not My Fault
WHOLE
LOTTA
SHAKIN’
SAFETY
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
The fastest seismic waves.
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$100 Answer from H1
What are primary
waves (P waves)?
$200 Question from H1
Waves that cause the most damage.
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$200 Answer from H1
What are surface waves?
$300 Question from H1
Waves that are created when
Body waves reach the surface of
Earth and cause severe ground
movement.
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$300 Answer from H1
What are surface waves?
$400 Question from H1
Waves that can only go through solids.
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$400 Answer from H1
What are secondary waves
(S Waves)?
$500 Question from H1
The cause of an earthquake.
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$500 Answer from H1
What is sudden movement or release
of stress along a fault?
$100 Question from H2
The part of the fault that lies below the
other part is called the _____ wall.
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$100 Answer from H2
What is a footwall?
$200 Question from H2
Shearing creates this type of fault.
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$200 Answer from H2
What is a strike-slip fault?
$300 Question from H2
A strike-slip fault is associated
with this type of boundary.
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What is a transform or
sliding boundary?
$400 Question from H2
An extended break in the earth’s crust
marked by displacement and discontinuity
of rock strata.
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$400 Answer from H2
What is a fault?
$500 Question from H2
Reverse faults are caused by this type of
stress.
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$500 Answer from H2
What is compression?
$100 Question from H3
The paper tracing that records
seismic waves.
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$100 Answer from H3
What is a seisomogram?
$200 Question from H3
The process in which violent shaking of an
Earthquake turns soft soil into mud.
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$200 Answer from H3
What is liquifaction?
$300 Question from H3
The direction energy from
an earthquake travels.
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$300 Answer from H3
What is waves moving away
from the focus?
$400 Question from H3
The spot on the earth’s surface
directly above the origin
(focus) of an earthquake.
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$400 Answer from H3
What is the epicenter?
$500 Question from H3
The number of seismic recording stations
required to locate the epicenter of an
Earthquake.
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$500 Answer from H3
What is three?
$100 Question from H4
The cause of most injuries and
deaths during an earthquake.
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$100 Answer from H4
What are falling objects/collapsing
buildings?
$200 Question from H4
During an earthquake, your first
reaction when indoors is this.
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$200 Answer from H4
What is drop, cover and hold on?
$300 Question from H4
The reason scientists can’t predict
earthquakes.
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$300 Answer from H4
What is scientist do not
know where the stress will
be released along the fault?
$400 Question from H4
List 3 important steps to prepare
your home and family for an
earthquake
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$400 Answer from H4
•Have a preparedness kit
•Have and practice an escape route
•Secure tall heavy furniture
•Install latches on upper cabinets
•Have a meeting place for the
family to meet after the quake (in
case you get separated).
$500 Question from H4
Buildings can be designed to
minimize damage during an
earthquake by adding this.
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$500 Answer from H4
What is base-isolation?
$100 Question from H5
Seismic waves that move by
compression.
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$100 Answer from H5
What are P waves?
$200 Question from H5
The device used to measure seismic
waves.
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$200 Answer from H5
What is a seismograph?
$300 Question from H5
When an S wave was detected
very quickly after a P wave,
scientists know this about the
earthquake.
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$300 Answer from H5
What is: the earthquake epicenter
was very near?
$400 Question from H5
The reporting scale that
measures earthquake intensity
by describing damage at a
location.
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$400 Answer from H5
What is Mercalli scale?
$500 Question from H5
The name of earthquake
reporting scale that measures
total energy released.
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$500 Answer from H5
What is moment magnitude scale?
Final Jeopardy
Three pieces of information
scientists use to make predictions
about earthquakes.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
What are:
location of active faults;
movement of faults; and
History of past earthquakes?