Earthquakes

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What is an earthquake?

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When tectonic plates move against each other causing the Earth to move.

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The epicenter is where the earthquake begins

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True

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A fault plate is where 2 pieces of the Earth's surface is cracked and can move against each other.

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True

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An earthquake where one plate slides above the other is called a....

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Convergent

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This type of earthquake where the plates slide AWAY from each other is called.....

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Divergent

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This type of earthquake where the tectonic plates slide back and forth is called......?

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Transform

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Seismic waves move out through the ground from the CENTER of the earthquake

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True

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What is the machine called that records earthquakes?

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A Seismograph

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Who developed the SCALE used to measure the size of an earthquake?

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Charles Richter

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What is this scale?

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the Richter Scale