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What is an epicentre?
The point where the energy of the earthquake reaches the surface.
What is an hypocentre?
The point from which the energy and the waves of the hearthquake originate.
Which are the three possible movements of tectonic plates?
Divergent, convergent, transform
Do you remember the name of the 7 major tectonic plates?
Eurasian, African, Australian (Indian), Antartic, North American, South American, Pacific
What are the "boundaries of a plate"?
The border, the limits, the outer part of a plate
What happens when two plates are divergent?
Creation of a Rift Valley
What's the opposite of a divergent plate?
Convergent
Iceland is also called the island of...........and ............
Ice and Fire
What is the name of the island that will be cut in half by plate movement?
Iceland
What is the name of the biggest plate?
Pacific plate
Around the biggest plate a special "ring" has been formed. What's its name?
Ring of FIre
Which type of movement caused the earthquake in Turkey?
Transform
Which plate movement is the most devastating and dangerous?
Transform plate movement
Depending on what is on top of it plates are divided in two categories that are...
Oceanic and continental plates
What is the instrument used to measure the strenght of a hearthquake?
A sismograph
Which are the names of two different scales used to measure the strenght of earthquakes?
Mercalli and Richter
