Science Flashcard

Science Flashcard

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Flashcard

Science

8th Grade

Hard

Created by

Marefel Catuboran

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is a sudden and violent shaking of the ground that sometimes causes great destruction due to movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action?

Back

Earthquake

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the point directly above the focus on the surface?

Back

Epicenter

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is called the surface where the plates slip each other?

Back

Fault plane

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What place where an earthquake originates?

Back

hypocenter

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the shaking of the Earth’s crust caused by a release of energy?

Back

Earthquake

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the instrument used by scientists to measure the intensity of an earthquake?

Back

Seismograph

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are the three types of plate boundaries?

Back

convergent, divergent, and transform

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