Post on 01-Apr-2015
JeopardySEISMIC WAVES
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Final Jeopardy
$100 Question from H1
The fastest seismic waves.
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$100 Answer from H1
What are primary waves (P waves)?
$200 Question from H1
Waves that cause the most damage.
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$200 Answer from H1
What are surface waves?
$300 Question from H1
Waves that are created whenBody waves reach the surface ofEarth and cause severe groundmovement.
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$300 Answer from H1
What are surface waves?
$400 Question from H1
Waves that can only go through solids.
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$400 Answer from H1
What are secondary waves(S Waves)?
$500 Question from H1
The cause of an earthquake.
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$500 Answer from H1
What is sudden movement or releaseof stress along a fault?
$100 Question from H2
The part of the fault that lies below the other part is called the _____ wall.
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$100 Answer from H2
What is a footwall?
$200 Question from H2
Shearing creates this type of fault.
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$200 Answer from H2
What is a strike-slip fault?
$300 Question from H2
A strike-slip fault is associatedwith this type of boundary.
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$300 Answer from H2
What is a transform or sliding boundary?
$400 Question from H2
An extended break in the earth’s crust marked by displacement and discontinuity
of rock strata.
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$400 Answer from H2
What is a fault?
$500 Question from H2
Reverse faults are caused by this type of stress.
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$500 Answer from H2
What is compression?
$100 Question from H3
The paper tracing that recordsseismic waves.
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$100 Answer from H3
What is a seisomogram?
$200 Question from H3
The process in which violent shaking of an Earthquake turns soft soil into mud.
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$200 Answer from H3
What is liquifaction?
$300 Question from H3
The direction energy from an earthquake travels.
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$300 Answer from H3
What is waves moving away
from the focus?
$400 Question from H3
The spot on the earth’s surface directly above the
origin (focus) of an earthquake.
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$400 Answer from H3
What is the epicenter?
$500 Question from H3
The number of seismic recording stations required to locate the epicenter of an
Earthquake.
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$500 Answer from H3
What is three?
$100 Question from H4
The cause of most injuries and deaths during an earthquake.
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$100 Answer from H4
What are falling objects/collapsing buildings?
$200 Question from H4
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During an earthquake, your first reaction when indoors is this.
$200 Answer from H4
What is drop, cover and hold on?
$300 Question from H4
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The reason scientists can’t predict earthquakes.
$300 Answer from H4
What is scientist do not know where the stress will be released along the fault?
$400 Question from H4
List 3 important steps to prepare your home and family for an earthquake
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$400 Answer from H4
•Have a preparedness kit•Have and practice an escape route•Secure tall heavy furniture•Install latches on upper cabinets•Have a meeting place for the family to meet after the quake (in case you get separated).
$500 Question from H4
Buildings can be designed to minimize damage during an earthquake by adding this.
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$500 Answer from H4
What is base-isolation?
$100 Question from H5
Seismic waves that move by compression.
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$100 Answer from H5
What are P waves?
$200 Question from H5
The device used to measure seismic waves.
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$200 Answer from H5
What is a seismograph?
$300 Question from H5
When an S wave was detected very quickly after a P wave,
scientists know this about the earthquake.
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$300 Answer from H5
What is: the earthquake epicenter was very near?
$400 Question from H5
The reporting scale that measures earthquake intensity
by describing damage at a location.
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$400 Answer from H5
What is Mercalli scale?
$500 Question from H5
The name of earthquake reporting scale that measures
total energy released.
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$500 Answer from H5
What is moment magnitude scale?
Final Jeopardy
Three pieces of information scientists use to make predictions about earthquakes.
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Final Jeopardy Answer
What are: location of active faults; movement of faults; and History of past earthquakes?