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Earthquakes by Mind Map: Earthquakes

1. Death

2. which cause

3. Buildings to Fall

4. which can cause

5. Damage

6. cause

7. Conservative Plate Margin

8. also known as

9. Transform

10. different type of movement

11. is a diferent type of movement

12. Divergent

13. one plate slides beneath the other

14. convergent

15. continental drift

16. the movement of tectonic plates is called the

17. seismometer

18. earthquakes are measured using a

19. Seismic Waves

20. is released causing

21. Tension

22. Tectonic Plate Margin

23. can occur at any of the

24. Earth's plates get locked up with pressure causing

25. core

26. is the layer beneath the mantle

27. crust

28. but are felt in the

29. mantle

30. occur in

31. Mountains

32. causes

33. Ring of Fire

34. make up the

35. causes

36. Volcanoes

37. also known as

38. Constructive Plate Margin

39. Collision Plate Margin

40. Destructive Plate Margin

41. also known as

42. Richer Scale

43. the magnitude of an earthquake is measured on the

44. aftershocks

45. after plates settle into their new positions smaller earthquakes occur

46. Epicenter

47. Focus

48. point where Earthquake begins under the surface.

49. the point on the surface