Earthquakes

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What is a large ocean wave that results from an underwater earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption?

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Tsunami

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What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes?

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Seismograph

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Do earthquakes happen every day, with most being too small for humans to notice?

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True

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What is an epicenter?

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The surface right above where an earthquake started

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Where does the earthquake begin on the surface?

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epicenter

Front

What are earthquakes?

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The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface

Front

What causes earthquakes?
Options: Millions of people jumping at once, The earth rotating, The movement of plate tectonics, Gravity

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The movement of plate tectonics

Front

What is the scale used to measure the strengths of earthquakes?

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Richter scale

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Can earthquakes be predicted?

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No

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Scientists who study earthquakes are called

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Seismologists