Earthquakes Digital Breakout
Directions: Use the clues provided to decipher each lock. Type your answers in the correct space on the Google Form below. Be sure to pay attention to the answer format. Click submit when you think you've answered each question correctly. A "Congratulations" message will appear if you're right! If not, go back and re-work the items you've answered incorrectly.
Matching Lock-
Match the picture with the letter. Your code is the letters of your answer choices!
A. seismograph B. transform plate boundary C. tetonic plates
D. divergent plate boundary E. Earth's crust F. convergent plate boundary
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True/False Lock-
Watch this video and determine if the statements are true or false. Use T for true and F for false.
1. Shifting of the Earth's crust causes an earthquake.
2. A large crack in the Earth's surface is called a core.
3. There are about 10,000 earthquakes every year around the world.
4. The strength of the shaking motion of an earthquake is called frequency.
5. The shaking movement sent out by an earthquake are called seismic waves.
Crossword Lock-
Fill in the crossword puzzle. Your code will be the first letter of each word in numerical order.
ABC Word Lock-
Answer these questions. After you gather your letter answers, unscramble them to make a word related to earthquakes.
1. The huge pieces of the earth's crust are called ____________________________.
L. plates
M. seismos
B. cores
A. richters
2. The epicenter of an earthquake is
J. The point below the surface where rock begins to break and the first motion occurs
K. The seismic station closest to the earthquake
E. The place where the greatest damage occurs
A. The point on the surface directly above the focus
3. Waves move out through the ground from the ..........
T. rift
F. hypocenter
C. epicenter
W. fault line
4. Which of the following is NOT a cause of an earthquake?
P. Collapse of Cavern
D. Eruption of Volcano
U. Lightning Strikes
M. Moving Tectonic Plates
5. Earthquakes under the water can cause _________________________________.
P. tornadoes
T. tsunamis
G. lightening
X. hailstorms
