Can Animals Predict Earthquakes?

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  1. 2. A scientist knew an earthquake was coming because many pets ran ____ a week before. (7)
  2. 4. The Earth experiences _____ of earthquakes a year. (5)
  3. 6. The most likely time to have a big earthquake is before a small quake. True/False (5)
  4. 7. Michael ____ is the associate coordinator of the U.S. Geological Survey Earthquake Hazards Program. (3)
  5. 10. Animals can sense a quake usually _____ before humans do. (3)
  6. 12. The USGS has not been able to study animal activity as a predictor of earthquakes because of _____. (8)
  7. 14. A seismologist studied animals' fight or ____ response as an early warning system for earthquakes. (8)
  8. 15. Animals can feel _____ from foreshocks. (9)
  9. 16. This is what the 's' in s-wave means. (9)
  10. 17. People have reported animals acting differently before earthquakes for ____. (2)
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  1. 1. What animals were 'calling' before an earthquake in Washington D.C.? (10)
  2. 3. Some people believe ______ are an early-warning system for earthquakes. (1)
  3. 5. Animals call when they are ___, sometimes many times a day. (11)
  4. 8. Animals detect this type of wave first. (9)
  5. 9. Animals have been seen ____ right before the ground starts to shake. (9)
  6. 11. Jim Berkland is a geologist from the city of ____. (7)
  7. 13. In the 1970s, scientists observed ___ to see if there was a burst of activity just before a quake. (6)