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Explore Earth science topics like forces in the crust, earthquakes, seismic waves, monitoring techniques, safety measures, and vocabulary related to earthquakes.

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  1. Thisis

  2. Jeopardy Earth Science

  3. Final Jeopardy Jeopardy

  4. What is stress? Forces in Earth's Crust for 200 A force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume is called ________________. Back to Jeopardy

  5. What are folds? Forces in Earth's Crust for 400 Anticlines and synclines are two types of ______________________. Back to Jeopardy

  6. What is tension? Forces in Earth's Crust for 600 Which stress force pulls on the crust and stretches rock? Back to Jeopardy

  7. What is a fault? Forces in Earth's Crust for 800 A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a(n) ___________. Back to Jeopardy

  8. What is a reverse fault? Forces in Earth's Crust for 1000 This is the type of fault that forms when the hanging wall moves upward past the footwall. Back to Jeopardy

  9. What are P waves? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves for 200 This type of seismic waves arrives first at a seismograph. Back to Jeopardy

  10. What is the focus? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves for 400 The point beneath Earth’s surface where the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the _______. Back to Jeopardy

  11. What is the Richter magnitude scale? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves for 600 The ______________ is a rating system that estimates the strength of an earthquake. Back to Jeopardy

  12. What is the epicenter? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves for 800 The point on Earth’s surface directly above an earthquake’s focus is called the ____________________. Back to Jeopardy

  13. What is after? Earthquakes and Seismic Waves for 1000 S waves arrive at a seismograph ________ P waves. Back to Jeopardy

  14. What is a seismograph? Monitoring Earthquakes for 200 An instrument used to measure and record ground movements during an earthquake is called a(n) _________. Back to Jeopardy

  15. What is a seismogram? Monitoring Earthquakes for 400 A tracing of earthquake motion that is created by a seismograph Back to Jeopardy

  16. What is a GPS satellite? Monitoring Earthquakes for 600 This instrument is used to measure changes in elevation and horizontal movement from space. Back to Jeopardy

  17. What is magnitude? Monitoring Earthquakes for 800 A measure of the strength of an earthquake? Back to Jeopardy

  18. What is intensity? Monitoring Earthquakes for 1000 A measure of the degree to which an earthquake is felt by people and the amount of damage caused. Back to Jeopardy

  19. What is Earthquake hazard? Earthquake Safety for 200 A measurement of how likely an area is to have damaging earthquakes in the future. Back to Jeopardy

  20. What are tsumanis? Earthquake Safety for 400 Water displaced by an undersea earthquake may produce _________. Back to Jeopardy

  21. What is seismic gap? Earthquake Safety for 600 An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past. Back to Jeopardy

  22. What is go under a sturdy table or in a door frame? Earthquake Safety for 800 This is what people should do when an earthquake occurs and they are indoors. Back to Jeopardy

  23. What is an aftershock? Earthquake Safety for 1000 Sometimes, buildings that are weakened by an earthquake could fall if a(n) _________ occurs in the same area. Back to Jeopardy

  24. What is compression? Vocabulary for 200 The type of stress force that produces a reverse fault is _____________. Back to Jeopardy

  25. What is stress? Vocabulary for 400 Compression, tension, and shearing are three types of ____________ that cause changes in the crust. Back to Jeopardy

  26. What is tension? Vocabulary for 600 The type of stress force that produces a normal fault is ___________. Back to Jeopardy

  27. What is shearing? Vocabulary for 800 The type of stress that pushes masses of rock sideways in opposite directions is ______________. Back to Jeopardy

  28. What is the epicenter? Vocabulary for 1000 By drawing circles to show distances from three seismograph stations, geologist can locate the ____________ of an earthquake. Back to Jeopardy

  29. What is folding? Capture the Chapter for 200 ______________ of the crust produces anticlines and synclines. Back to Jeopardy

  30. What is the magnitude of the seismic waves, measured on a scale of 0-10? Capture the Chapter for 400 This is what the Richter scale measures. Back to Jeopardy

  31. What is the size of an earthquake’s seismic waves, measured from 1-10? Capture the Chapter for 600 This is what the Richter scale measures. Back to Jeopardy

  32. Capture the Chapter for 800 Each time the magnitude of the Richter scale increases by one unit, the measured ground movement becomes _____ times more intense. What is 10? Back to Jeopardy

  33. Capture the Chapter for 1000 This is why it is difficult for geologists to predict earthquakes. What is they can monitor the surface, but cannot easily monitor deep movements, where earthquakes occur? Back to Jeopardy

  34. DAILYDOUBLE!!

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  38. What is 30 times? Final Jeopardy How much more ground motion is produced by an earthquake of magnitude 7.0 than by an earthquake of magnitude 4.0? Back to Double Jeopardy

  39. Final Jeopardy Click here for Category Category: Applying the Richter Scale

  40. Answer Here Slide Title Here Statement Here Back to Double Jeopardy

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