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Earthquakes BoundariesFaults/

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Final JeopardyFinal Jeopardy

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Where do the strongest earthquakes Where do the strongest earthquakes usually occur?usually occur?

Near transform boundariesNear transform boundaries

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The last and most dangerous waves to The last and most dangerous waves to arrive are the arrive are the

Surface wavesSurface waves

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Which wave pushes rock side to sideWhich wave pushes rock side to side

S waveS wave

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What is the difference between an What is the difference between an earthquake’s epicenter and its focusearthquake’s epicenter and its focus

The focus is inside the earth and the The focus is inside the earth and the epicenter is on the surfaceepicenter is on the surface

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The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and The cycle of heating, rising, cooling and sinking is calledsinking is called

A convection currentA convection current

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Two plates moving apart are what type of Two plates moving apart are what type of boundaryboundary

divergentdivergent

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Type of boundary where two tectonic Type of boundary where two tectonic plates push together, toward each otherplates push together, toward each other

ConvergentConvergent

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A collision between two pieces of A collision between two pieces of continental crust at a converging continental crust at a converging boundary produces a boundary produces a

Mountain rangeMountain range

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What is the process in which the ocean What is the process in which the ocean floor sinks under a deep ocean trench and floor sinks under a deep ocean trench and back into the mantleback into the mantle

SubductionSubduction

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A rrift valley forms at what type of A rrift valley forms at what type of boundaryboundary

divergentdivergent

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What type of stress give you a convergent What type of stress give you a convergent boundaryboundary

compressioncompression

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What type of stress give you a transform What type of stress give you a transform boundaryboundary

shearingshearing

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What type of stress give you a divergent What type of stress give you a divergent boundaryboundary

tensiontension

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What type of fault do you have at a What type of fault do you have at a divergent boundarydivergent boundary

Normal faultNormal fault

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The San Andreas Fault occurs at a The San Andreas Fault occurs at a transform boundary, what kind of fault is ittransform boundary, what kind of fault is it

Strike-slip faultStrike-slip fault

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The Theory of …… states that pieces of The Theory of …… states that pieces of Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow Earth’s lithosphere are in constant, slow motionmotion

Theory of Plate TectonicsTheory of Plate Tectonics

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Most earthquakes occur along or near the Most earthquakes occur along or near the edges of the Earth’sedges of the Earth’s

Tectonic platesTectonic plates

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The youngest rock in the ocean floor are The youngest rock in the ocean floor are located at the mid-ocean …….located at the mid-ocean …….

RidgeRidge

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The solid, outer layer of the Earth that The solid, outer layer of the Earth that consists of the crust and the rigid upper consists of the crust and the rigid upper part of the mantlepart of the mantle

LithosphereLithosphere

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The vibrations caused by an earthquakeThe vibrations caused by an earthquake

Seismic wavesSeismic waves

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What is the name of the supercontinent What is the name of the supercontinent that existed millions of years agothat existed millions of years ago

PangeaPangea

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According to Wegener’s hypothesis of According to Wegener’s hypothesis of continental drift the continents werecontinental drift the continents were

Joined together in a single landmassJoined together in a single landmass

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Using data from seismic waves, geologists Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth’s interior is made have learned that Earth’s interior is made of of severalof of several

LayersLayers

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To support his hypothesis, Wegener To support his hypothesis, Wegener provided evidence from ……, traces of provided evidence from ……, traces of ancient organisms preserved in rockancient organisms preserved in rock

fossilsfossils

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The lithosphere is broken into sections The lithosphere is broken into sections known as ……, which float on top of the known as ……, which float on top of the athensophereathensophere

platesplates

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What is the correct order (starting from What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of the Earth’s layersthe surface) of the Earth’s layers

Crust, mantle, outer core, inner coreCrust, mantle, outer core, inner core

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