The Shakes
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Rock my World
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Blue Plate Special
100
This is the underground location of an earthquake.
What is the focus?
100
The amount of this substance makes lava either flow or explode.
What is gas?
100
Intrusive rocks have this structure.
What is crystalline?
100
The rock property referred to if it is "chunks".
What is structure?
100
The iron center of the Earth is called this.
What is the core?
200
This wave endangers island dwellers when an undersea earthquake occurs.
What is a tsunami?
200
The opening from which lava is released from a volcano.
What is a vent?
200
Volcanic rock formed from cooled magma/lava.
What is igneous rock?
200
The property of a rock that tells how much light it reflects.
What is luster?
200
The name of the ancient land mass that existed before it broke into seven pieces.
What is Pangea?
300
These come in three types: P, S, and L.
What are seismic waves?
300
The shape of a shield volcano.
What is a wide, flat mound.
300
An accumulation of rock debris compacted over time.
What is sedimentary rock?
300
A thumbnail might be used to test for this rock property.
What is hardness?
300
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by volcanoes created by these.
What are hot spots?
400
The scale which measures the amount of damage an earthquake causes.
What is the Mercalli scale?
400
A steep-sided volcano formed from explosive lava and the resulting rain of rocks.
What is a cinder-cone?
400
The type of igneous rock formed by fast cooling when lava is ejected from a vent.
What is extrusive rock?
400
The color left behind when a rock is ground into a powder, indicating the mineral types it contains.
What is the streak?
400
The process of plates moving apart on the sea floor.
What is sea floor spreading?
500
Each increment of the Richter scale indicates a release of about this much more energy than the previous value.
What is 10 times as much?
500
The usual shape of a composite volcano.
What is a symmetrical cone?
500
The two forces that transform rocks into metamorphic rock.
What are pressure and heat?
500
Coarse or glassy refer to this rock property.
What is texture?
500
The movement of one tectonic plate under another.
What is subduction?
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