Earthquake Key Terms

Earthquakes are caused by the emovement of tectonic plates and are most serious at plate boundaries and even worse at destructive and conservative plate margins.

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What makes an earthquake happen e.g. Plate movement
Causes
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Things that happen straight away e.g. buildings collapse, deaths
Primary Effects
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Happen a few hours or days after the event
Secondary Effects
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How people react to the the event
Response
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First aid, food and water, tents etc..
Short Term Responses
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Rebuild houses, roads, railways and ports
Long Term Respones
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Sudden shaking of the Earth's crust
Earthquake
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These machines measure the seismic activity of an earthquake
Seismometer
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The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake by machines
Richter Scale
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The scale used to measure the strenght of an earthquake by eyewitnesses
Mercalli Scale
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Where the earthquake happens underground
Focus
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Where the earthquake happens on the surface
Epicentre
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Card 2

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Things that happen straight away e.g. buildings collapse, deaths

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Primary Effects

Card 3

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Happen a few hours or days after the event

Back

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Card 4

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How people react to the the event

Back

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Card 5

Front

First aid, food and water, tents etc..

Back

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Mr A Gibson

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Useful - makes you think! Key terminology hidden in the questions.

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Noice

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