Tectonics & Earthquake Review
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Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
Fill in the following sentences with definitions, draw diagrams when necessary
1. A fault is…
2. The focus is…
3. The epicenter is…
4. Body waves are…
5. P-waves travel through…
6. P-waves move the earth…
7. P-waves arrive…
8. S-waves travel through…
9. S-waves move the earth…
10. S-waves arrive…
11. Surface waves are…
12. Surface waves travel through…
13. Surface waves move the earth…
14. Surface waves arrive…
15. Liquefaction is…
16. Richter scale is used for…
17. Mercalli scale is used for…
Tectonics & Earthquake Review
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18. Properties that determine intensity are:
a. …
b. …
c. …
d. …
19. A tsunami is…
20. Tsunamis travel at speeds of…
21. A tsunami’s speed depends on…
22. The tsunami’s height once it reaches land depends on…
23. Continental Drift is…
24. Scientists didn’t believe Wegener because…
25. Plate Tectonics is…
26. Evidence for Plate Tectonics is…
a. …
b. …
c. …
d. …
27. Most geologic activity occurs…
28. Convergence is…
29. The stress at a convergent zone is…
30. Faults that occur at convergent zones are…
31. When two continental plates converge…
32. When a continental plate and an ocean plate converge…
Tectonics & Earthquake Review
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33. This process causes…
34. When two oceanic plates converge…
35. Divergence is…
36. The stress at a divergent zone is…
37. Faults that occur at divergent zones are…
38. When an oceanic plate diverges…
39. A place where oceanic plates diverge…
40. The age of the crust at an oceanic divergent zone…
41. When a continental plate diverges…
42. A place where a continental plate diverges…
43. Transform is…
44. The stress at a transform boundary is…
45. Faults that occur at transform boundaries are…
46. The most famous transform boundary is the…
Tectonics & Earthquake Review
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Name: ______________________
Date: ______________________
47. Each level of the Richter Scale describes an increase in the energy
released by an earthquake – each level increases by 32 times.
a. What is the difference in energy between a 4.0 and a 1.0?
b. What is the difference in energy between an 8.0 and a 3.0?
48. A tsunami caused by an earthquake in Japan (at 1:30 AM Pacific time) is
travelling at 500 km/hr. San Francisco is about 8,000 kilometers from
Japan. At what time will the tsunami reach San Francisco?
49. The same tsunami wave is 10 meters high on the open ocean. When it
reaches San Francisco Bay, it will travel at 10 km/hr. How high will the
tsunami be on land?
Amplitude = √ (Open Ocean Height • (Open ocean speed) /
(San Fran Bay Speed) )