Matching Pairs Earthquake TermsOnline version Match the earthquake term to it's definition by Jennifer Russell 1 Seismograph 2 Focus 3 Fault 4 Plates 5 Continental Drift 6 Lava 7 Seismic waves 8 Organism destruction 9 Magma 10 Richter Scale 11 Pangea 12 Ring of fire 13 Volcano 14 Epicenter 15 Deposition 16 Earthquake 17 Destructive force 18 Constructive force 19 Tsunami the pieces of Earth's crust that fit together and form the top layer of the Earth the molten rock when it reaches Earth's surface the dropping of sediment, creates a new landform (deltas and sand dunes) A former "supercontinent" on the Earth that included all the present continents, which broke up and drifted apart area around the Pacific Ocean where there is a large number of earthquakes and some of the Earth's most active volcanoes occur the release of energy when plates shift the melted, molten rock beneath Earth's surface a large tidal wave caused by an earthquake that happens under water organisms can be destructive as they eat away and/or destroy or change the landscape of the world a crack in the Earth's surface where two plates meet a natural occurrence that breaks down the surrounding area. Examples include weathering, erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes, organisms the point on Earth's surface that is directly above the focus of the earthquake the scale used to determine the strength of an earthquake (0-10.0 scale with 6.0+ being pretty powerful) the instrument used to measure the intensity of an earthquake a process that constructs, or builds up an existing landform, or creates a new one. Examples include deposition, volcanoes, faults how the movement of energy in an earthquake is measured a mountain made of lava, ash, or other materials from eruptions a theory that explained how continents shift, or change position on Earth's surface the point underground where the energy buildup is released
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