What's shaking!
Heat it up!
Blow your lid!
I'm cracked up!
100
A vibration of Earth's crust is
Earthquake
100
_______is melted rock that flows out onto Earth's surface.
Lava
100
A mountain that forms from lava is
Volcano
100

An area where magma erupts that is not near a plate boundary and can form volcanic island chains. This caused the formation of the Hawaiian islands.

Hot spot

200

This type of seismic wave moves the fastest through rock layers and "pushes and pulls"

Primary or P waves

200
Hot, melted rock that is underground is called
Magma
200
Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into several
Plates
200

The strength of an earthquake is measured using what scale?

Moment Magnitude

or Richter

300
Scientists use a_______to measure earthquake waves
Seismograph
300

Type of volcano that forms from explosive eruptions of alternating rock, cinders and ash. It is tall,steep and cone shaped.

Composite volcano

300

The type of seismic waves that causes the most destruction on the Earth's surface.

Surface waves

300

This type of volcanic eruption occurs when there is a lot of gas, and lava is thick with pyroclastics

Explosive eruption

400
An underground holding pool for hot magma is
Magma Chamber
400

The point on Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's hypocenter is

Epicenter

400
A break in the Earth's crust along which rocks move is a
Fault
400

This type of volcano forms from gentle lava flows and forms a wide gentle sloping mountain.

Shield volcano

500
Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a rocky opening called
Vent
500

Most of the Earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur near the ______

Ring of Fire

500

The_______of an earthquake is the point underground where the movement of the earthquake first take place

Hypocenter

500

_______are caused by earthquakes occurring on the ocean floor

Tsunami

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