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Plate Tectonics MatchUp

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Click on a top box, then click on its match below. Or, drag a top box and drop it onto the correct match. Match all pairs before clicking ‘Check’.

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Sumatra
Sichuan
Himalayas
Composite
Slab pull
Kathmandu
Richter
Epicentre
Tiltmeter
San Andreas
Foreshocks
Pompeii
Tsunami
Aftershocks
The point from which the shock waves of an earthquake spread out
Found on the surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
Scientist whose famous scale measures the intensity or power of an earthquake
Lesser movements of Earth's crust that follow an earthquake
Province in central China struck by an earthquake in 2008
A giant wave, triggered by movements in Earth's crust beneath the oceans
Town in Italy that was destroyed when Vesuvius erupted in AD 79
Famous geological fault along the west coast of North America
Island off whose coastline the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami was triggered
Device designed to detect when the ground has become deformed because of volcanic activity
Word to describe a volcano whose slopes are made up of alternating layers of ash and highly viscous lava
The force that is exerted on a tectonic plate as its edges are pulled down into the mantle
Mountain range created by the collision of the Indian and Eurasian plates
Movements of Earth's crust that precede a major earthquake
Capital of Nepal which was struck by a major earthquake in 2015

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