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What is an earthquake?
Think about what happens during a strong tremor.
What scale is used to measure earthquake magnitude?
What do we use to measure the strength of earthquakes?
What causes an earthquake?
Think about how the earth's layers interact.
Earthquakes can measure over 7 on which scale?
This scale has a notable impact on how we classify earthquakes.
If an earthquake has a magnitude of 9 on the Richter scale, calculate how much more energy it releases compared to one of magnitude 6.
Use the fact that each step up in magnitude is a power of 10.
Design a simple community plan for what to do during an earthquake in a seismic zone.
Think about all locations—school, home, and public areas—how can they adapt?
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