Earthquake Jeopardy 1 Jeopardy Template

Continental Drift & Plate Tectonics	Causes of Earthquakes	Measuring Earthquakes	Seismic Activity	Whose fault is it?
100 Alfred Wegener? Who is the scientist that stated continents were once together but after millions of years separated	100 The location where two plates meet What is a boundary?	100 The instrument used for measuring earthquakes What is a seismograph?	100 The fastest of all seismic waves What is a P-wave (primary)?	100 The fault along the Pacific Coast What is the San Andreas Fault?
200 The super-continent that once existed What is Pangea?	200 The TWO locations where an earthquake may occur What is a boundary or a fault?	200 The record of seismic activity What is a seismogram?	200 The second seismic wave that is found on a seismogram. What is a S-wave (secondary)?	200 The fault in the Midwest United States What is the New Madrid Fault?
300 The idea that the plates underneath Earth's surface move. What is the theory of plate tectonics?	300 If two plates moves together it is called this What is a convergent boundary?	300 This scale is used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake. What is the Richter Scale?	300 The slowest of all seismic waves What is a surface wave?	300 The fault on the East Coast What is The Ramapao Fault?
400 This scientist stated that it is not the continents that move but the plates Who is Henry Hess?	400 If two plates move apart it is called this What is a divergent boundary?	400 This scale is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake. What is the Mercalli Scale?	400 The seismic activity that occurs under water What is a tsunami?	400 This is where earthquakes begin, it is underneath the Earth What is the focus?
500 One piece of evidence that continental drift occurred What is fossils of animals OR fossils of plants or rock formations?	500 If two plates that slide past one another it is called this What is a transform boundary?	500 It is important to locate this, the place on Earth where seismic activity begins. What is the epicenter?	500 The frequency of seismic activity in the world What is everyday?	500 This is the type of fault where the crust is extended What is a normal fault?

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