Reading and questions, supposed to be due the 12th, now due 14th

Read, How are earthqukes measured.... HW DUE_____Tuesday, 4/14/11

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Think deeply

Answer the following questions:

Name: ________________________

1.Fill in the blank: The size of an earthquake is considered it's ____________________

2.Comparison, (example fries are to ketchup as rice is to soy sauce)
Magnitude is to earthquakes as ____________________- is to __________________

3.The richtor scale is a log scale. So a richter scale 2 is _____ times greater than a richter scale 1.
And a richter scale 8 is ________ times greater than a richter scale 5.

4.What is the Modified Mercalli scale?

5.Plate tectonics theory states that crusts are _______________ kilometers thick.

6.There are three different types of plate boundaries. These boundaries are:

__________________ ______________________ ___________________________

7.What states are next to the Cascadia subduction zone?

____________________ ______________________ ___________________________

8.The earth is made of how many major tectonic plates? ____________________

9.What type of an EQ is a magnitiude 8 +? _____________

10. What would be a symptom or characteristic of a Modified Mercalli XI, in regular persons words: