Plate Motion Internship Vocabulary Review

Scientific Communication is... (select ALL that apply)

• The process of sharing scientific arguments with an audience

• The process of sharing scientific explanations with an audience

• The process of sharing scientific ideas with an audience

• The process of sharing scientific data with an audience

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A geohazard is:

• A man made disaster such as pollution

• Any disaster that affects the planet such as a riot or tsunami

• A landform on the surface of a planet

• a natural disaster on Earth, such as an earthquake, tornado, or flood

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A _____________________________ is a large, destructive ocean wave caused by a sudden, vertical shift in the seafloor

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All earthquakes cause tsunamis

• True

• False

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The standards by which something may be judged is known as

• Constraints

• Criteria

• Objective

• Dossier

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A false alarm is:

• a warning that indicates that there isn't a real emergency or disaster

• a warning that is generated when there is a real emergency or disaster in an area

• a warning that is generated for a specific area, even though no emergency or disaster occurs in that area

• None of the above

At which type of plate boundaries do we tend to have earthquakes? (Check ALL that apply)

• Convergent

• Divergent

• Transform

• None

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A __________________ is an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see

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A _____________________ is a long, deep indentation in the ocean floor formed when two plates move together

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A person who applies knowledge of math & science in order to create things & design solutions to problems is known as:

• A scientist

• An engineer

• A paleontologist

• AN illuminator

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