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I Tremble Involuntarily
I tremble involuntarily
whenever something breaks.
Scientists hope with some time
they'll learn from their mistakes.
Faults are to blame for my power
I helped to form the Earth
Not realizing this simple fact
people underestimate my worth.
I can be quite dangerous;
I'm the start of many ends;
when I'm 12 or higher,
your foundation bends.
whenever something breaks.
Scientists hope with some time
they'll learn from their mistakes.
Faults are to blame for my power
I helped to form the Earth
Not realizing this simple fact
people underestimate my worth.
I can be quite dangerous;
I'm the start of many ends;
when I'm 12 or higher,
your foundation bends.
Answer
An earthquake.When a section of rock along a fault line breaks, an earthquake is triggered. Scientists learn from earthquakes how to predict them.
Faults (cracks) in the Earth's surface cause earthquakes. Earthquakes cause movement along faults and moved the tectonic plates to their current locations.
Earthquakes can be very dangerous and cause many deaths. On the Mercalli scale of measuring earthquakes, an earthquake measured 12 will create noticeable bends and waves in the earth's surface.
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i like this one. i actually got it.
Jan 28, 2005
I thought Earthquakes could only be measured on a 1-10 basis?
Oh well......still clever!
Oh well......still clever!
Nope... on the Mercalli scale earthquakes' magnitudes are measured from I-XII. Now that I think about it, it would probably have been harder if I made the teaser to say XII instead of twelve... oh well.
No one uses the Mercalli scale. We all are familiar with the Richter scale.
Too easy. Find a new hobby.
Too easy. Find a new hobby.
I think I'll stick with this one, thanks.
And if you don't like this teaser, try one of my 65-odd other teasers.
And if you don't like this teaser, try one of my 65-odd other teasers.
Easy, but i liked it
very easy.. but I'm not sure how people underestimate the "worth" of an earthquake.
Very good its not as easy as i thought at
first keep up the good work
first keep up the good work
Pretty good. even though it was easy iy made me think
This one was pretty good! It was farely easy but fun!
Being from CA, I got this one after the first few lines. Creative and fun.
This was so easy but really fun
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