True Or False
The lithosphere is located beneath the mantel.
False
This type of fault occurs when rocks push together, forcing a section of rock upward.
What is a Thrust/Revers fault
This is a danger of a Volcano that occurs when part of a mountain collapses, causing mud and rock fragments to surge down the mountain.
What is a debris flow.
Vibrations of the energy that flow from the focus of and earthquake is called
What is seismic waves
The strength of a seismic wave of an earthquake is called
What is Magnitude
The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates is called the theory of plate tectonics.
True
What type of fault occurs when rock move horizontally past each other.
What is a Strike-slip fault
An avalanche-like emission of red-hot dust and gases from volcanic eruption, killed the people of Pompeii
What is a pyroclastic flow
What are faults
What is lava
Hot springs occur in places where water is heated by hot magma.
True
What type of fault occurs when rock move apart, forming a gap.
What is a Normal fault.
A certain volcano is expected to erupt again within the next five years. It has bowl-like crater at its top and only one main vent.
What is an active Cinder Cone Volcano
The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is epicenter
The area around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes occur is called the Ring of Fire.
True
What is the Richter Scale
What is a active shield volcano
This device detects, times and measures the movement of the earth.
Volcanic fog is called smog.
False
Fast moving waves that occur beneath the surface of the earth are called
What is body waves
This large volcano seems to be layered, signifying that different types of lava flows have occurred in the past, but the volcano is presently inactive.
What is a dormant composite cone volcano
These are slower destructive waves that occur on the earth's surface.