8th grade Science Unit 2 SECTION 3 EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES
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| LIST AND LABEL THE 3 TYPES OF FAULTS AND THE STRESS ACTING ON THEM. | Normal fault, Reverse fault, Strike slip fault
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| WHICH TYPE ARE THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT SYSTEMS LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA? | strike slip fault or transform boundary
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| SOME MOUNTAINS ARE STILL FORMING TODAY DUE TO THE INTERACTION OF 2 PLATES, WHY?`` | The plates are constantly, if not very slowly, moving. In this case, 2 continental plates are colliding and pushing up the crust
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| WHAT TECTONIC PLATE DO WE LIVE ON? | North American plate
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| WHERE IS THE ACTIVE CHAIN OF VOLCANOES LOCATED? (NAME AND AROUND WHAT PLATE) | Ring of fire; it is located on the rim of the pacific plate
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| WHAT IS AN EARTHQUAKE AND WHY IS IT SO DANGEROUS? | A sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earths crust or volcanic action.
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| WHAT IS A P-WAVE? (Draw its movements on a separate piece of paper) | A body wave that wave that moves with the direction of the wave
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| WHAT IS A S-WAVE? (Draw its movements on a separate piece of paper) | A body wave that moves prependicular to the direction of the wave.
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| WHAT IS A SURFACE WAVE? (draw its movements on a separate piece of paper) | Raleigh and Love waves a wave that travels along the surface comes after the P and S waves, usually more destructive with larger amplitudes and longer wavelengths.
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| RANK IN ORDER OF SPEED(fastest to slowest)P, S, Surface | P-wave, S-wave, Surface wave
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| WHAT IS A SEISMOGRAPH? | Instrument used to register earthquake waves and records the time that each arrives.
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| WHAT IS LIQUEFACTION? WHY IS IT DANGEROUS? | Occurs when wet soil acts more like liquid during an earthquake; dangerous because it can catch you off guard and can cause buildings to sink and shift around.
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| WHAT ARE THE 3 TYPES OF VOLCANOES? Briefly draw and describe each on separate piece of paper, | Shield Volcano, Cinder Cone Volcano, Composite Volcano.
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