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Earthquake Scavenger Hunt
1. The study of earthquakes is called _______________________.
2. A scientist who studies earthquakes is called _______________.
3. ________ is a break in the Earth’s crust along which blocks of
the crust slide relative to one another.
4. Name the three types of faults _________________________,
____________________, _____________________________
5. Waves of energy that travel through the Earth are called
_________________________________________________.
6. Name the three major types of earthquake (seismic) waves.
_________________,_________________,________________
7. What type of wave moves rock side to side? ________________
8. A seismic wave is traveling through the Earth at an average rate
of speed of 8km/s. How long will it take the wave to travel 480
km? _______________________________________________
9. Name the place below ground where an earthquake begins.
___________________________________________________
10. Name the place on the Earth’s surface directly above the
earthquake’s focus is called? ___________________________
11. Which type of earthquake wave is the fastest?______________
12. Which type of earthquake wave does the most damage to
buildings? __________________________________________
13. What does a seismograph record? _______________________
14. What is the minimum number of seismograms are needed to
locate the earthquake’s epicenter? _______________________
15. What’s the scale used to measure the magnitude of an
earthquake? _________________________________________
16. Each time the magnitude increases by one unit, the measured
ground motion becomes ___________________ times stronger.
17. An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 will produce __________
times as much ground motion as an earthquake with a
magnitude of 5.0.
18. The scale used to measure INTENSITY is called
_____________________________ and uses Roman numerals.
19. Name the device that records the waves of energy from an
earthquake. _________________________________________
20. What is the layer below the Earth’s crust called? ___________
21. Where do most earthquakes happen? (general
location)____________________________________________
22. What did Alfred Wagener name his “supercontinent”?
__________________________________________________
23. What two plates meet at the San Andreas fault?
________________________, _________________________
24. What does a seismometer measure? ____________________
25. What is the earthquake hazard level for most of Wisconsin?
_________________________________________________
26. Using the table in your textbook, what is the average number of
major earthquakes worldwide per year? __________________
27. The process of making older structures more earthquake
resistant is called ____________________________________.
28. List 5 types of earthquake-resistant building technologies.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
29. List 4 items you should have ready in case of an earthquake.
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
___________________________________________________
30. What is the best thing to do if you are indoors when an
earthquake begins?___________________________________
31. What is the best thing to do if you are outside when an
earthquake begins?___________________________________
32. What do you do if you are in a car, on an open road, when an
earthquake begins?___________________________________
33. What are weaker earthquakes that usually follow stronger
earthquakes called?___________________________________
34. What does USGS stand for? http://www.usgs.gov/
35. Using the USGS real time worldwide data, how many
earthquakes that occurred on Feb 21, 2012 were 4.5 or higher
magnitude?
36. Using p.151 in your textbook, what is the answer to Interpreting
graphs question #2? ________________________________
37. Most injuries that happen during an earthquake are a result of
___________________________________________________
38. Name the fault line that runs through the mid-west of the US?
___________________________________________________
39. Some of the largest recorded earthquakes in the US were
recorded on the New Madrid fault line during what year(s)?
___________________________________________________
40. What was the location of the largest earthquake ever?
A)________________________________
What was the date? B)___________________________
What was the magnitude? C)____________________________
41. A massive earthquake struck Haiti in January, 2010. What was
its magnitude? ______________________________________
42. What is an earthquake on the moon called? ________________
43. What kind of fault is the San Andreas fault? ________________