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