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2 JEOPARDY Chapter 9- Earthquakes Mrs. Flores McElhinney Middle School

3 THE RULES l Competing teams will be selected. l Everyone will actively participate. l No penalties for wrong answers, so try. l Responses must be in the form of a question such as “What is History?” l Each team will be rewarded with points. l Be positive, encourage your teammates. l Individual contestants will give their own answers. l ALEX is the Judge, all decisions are final.

4 200 400 600 800 1000 EarthquakesMore Earthquakes Jeopardy End of Round Measuring Seismic Waves

5 $200 l An earthquake is a form of ______ motion. l What is stick-slip?

6 $400 l Most earthquakes occur at ______ plate boundaries. l What are transform?

7 $600 l The _____ is the location on Earth’s surface directly above the area where rock breaks in the crust in an earthquake. l What is the epicenter?

8 $800 l Following an earthquake, small tremors known as _____ can occur, lasting for hours to days after the original quake. l What are aftershocks?

9 $1000 l This is one way for a fault to occur within a lithospheric plate instead of at its boundaries. l What is when older plates have been incorporated inside newer plates?

10 $200 l Although a plate may be moving as a single unit, its boundaries behave as though they were made of _____. l What are many sections?

11 $400 l Section A has an average of 4 earthquakes per year. Section B has an average of 1 earthquake every 12 years. Which section would have the stronger earthquakes? l What is Section B?

12 $600 l Deep focus earthquakes generally occur at: l What are subduction zones?

13 $800 l Where, when, and how large was the largest earthquake in the world? l What is Chile, 1960 – 9.5 magnitude?

14 $1000 l The three things needed for stick-slip motion are: l What are 2 bodies in contact, a force, and friction?

15 $200 l _____ are typically the slowest type of seismic wave, but they cause the most damage in an earthquake. l What are surface waves? $200

16 $400 l Seismic waves start underground at the earthquake: l What is focus? $400

17 l The fastest type of seismic waves is: l What are P-waves? $600

18 $800 l Seismic waves are also referred to as: l What are body waves? $800

19 $1000 l This information would be most useful in predicting the occurrence of an earthquake at a particular location. l What is seismic history? $1000

20 $200 l A _____ is an instrument that records and measures seismic waves. l What is a seismograph? $200

21 $400 l The _____ scale rates earthquakes according to the size of the seismic waves recorded on a seismograph. l What is the Richter scale? $400

22 $600 l Each category in the _________ scale is a rating of the damage suffered by buildings, ground, and people during an earthquake. l What is the Mercalli Intensity scale? $600

23 $800 l San Francisco has experienced several earthquakes because the _________ Fault passes right through the city. l What is the San Andreas? $800

24 $1000 l If you knew only the arrival times of P-waves and S-waves you could figure out ________. l What is the distance to the epicenter? $1000

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