EARTHQUAKES FEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES

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EARTHQUAKESFEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES

• WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT EARTHQUAKES USING THE
  FOLLOWING VOCABULARY WORDS. UNDERLINE EACH
  VOCABULARY TERM AS YOU USE IT.
• 1. SEISMIC WAVE 2. FOCUS
• 3. PRIMARY WAVE 4. SECONDARY WAVE
• 5. SURFACE WAVE 6. EPICENTER
• 7. SEISMOGRAPH

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EARTHQUAKESFEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES

• ORGANIZE INFORMATION ABOUT THE THREE TYPES OF
  SEISMIC WAVES. IDENTIFY AND EXPLAIN HOW EACH WAVE
  MOVES.

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EARTHQUAKESFEATURES OF EARTHQUAKES

• HOW ARE SEISOMOGRAMS USED TO LOCATE AN
  EARTHQUAKES EPICENTER?

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PEOPLE AND EARTHQUAKES

• DEFINE THE FOLLOWING WORDS
• MAGNITUDE
• LIQUEFRACTION
• TSUNAMI

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PEOPLE AND EARTHQUAKES

• DISTINGUISH THE FOUR FACTORS THAT CAN AFFECT HOW
  MUCH DAMAGE AN EARTHQUAKE CAUSES.
• 1.
• 2.
• 3.
• 4.

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EARTHQUAKES AND PEOPLE
EVALUATE HOW DIFFERENT MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKES
AFFECT HUMANS AND CAUSE DAMAGE.
RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE 1.5 4.0 8.5
FELT BY HUMANS? YES OR NO
CUASES DAMAGE, IF SO WHAT KIND