Topography
Earthquake
Earths Interior
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
100
What does a Topography map measure/show?
It shows the elevation of land.
100
What is the minimum number of seismic stations that is needed to determine the location of an earthquake’s epicenter?
Two
One
Four
Three
4. Three (3)
100
What is the Lithosphere?
Land
100
Volcanic ash can:
1. Cause health concerns
2. Cause crop damage
3. Cause damage to buildings
4. All of the above
4. All of the above
100
Do convergent plates move:
1. Away each other
2. Toward each other
3. Slide by each other
2. Toward each other
200
What is the elevation at Location A?
700
200
What is A, B, and C representing on the wave?
A - Primary Wave
B - Secondary Wave
C - Surface Wave
200
What is the mantle made of?
Semi-Solid (Liquid and Solid)
200
Which type of Volcano is Figure 2?
Cinder Cone
200
Which Plate Boundary causes ridges?
Divergent
300
What are the two rules for contour lines?
1. Contour lines don't connect points of the same elevation
2. Contour lines connect all points of the same elevation
3. They only cross other contour lines.
4. Closed contours with tick marks denote depressions.
2 and 4
300
An earthquake’s epicenter is __________.
The place on the surface directly above the focus
A spot halfway between the focus and the surface
The spot below the focus
Any spot along the nearest fault
1. The place on the surface directly above the focus
300
What is the order from the outside layer to the inside layer of the earth?
Hint: 4 Layers
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
300
Shield volcanoes have magma with
Low silica
Low water
High silica
High viscosity
1. Low silica
300
Do Transform plates move:
1. Away each other
2. Toward each other
3. Slide by each other
3. Slide by each other
400
What is an index contour?
5th contour line, usually the one with the number on contour maps
400
What are the three types of earthquake waves?
Primary (P), Secondary (S), Surface (L)
400
What are the four spheres of earth?
Lithosphere - Land
Hydrosphere - Water
Biosphere - Life
Atmosphere - Air
400
What is a pyroclastic flow?
1. a rapid mass movement with clasts of pebbles and clay
2. the material that slides into the crater during caldera formation
3. a high-density mixture of hot ash, hot gas, and rock fragments
4. a low-density mixture magma
3. a high-density mixture of hot ash, hot gas, and rock fragments
400
What are the two types of crusts?
Continental and Oceanic
500
Which side would be effected quicker based flow of the volcano based on the topography? AND why do you know that?
Hint: East or West Side?
East Side - Elevation is steeper then the west side.
500
What are the two scales to measure Earthquakes?
What is 1 similarity and 2 differences?
Mercalli - Roman Numerals, Based on peoples
Richter - Numbers, Based on collected data
Both: Measure measure Earthquake scales.
500
As temperature increases does the density of an object increase or decrease?
Decrease (Rise)
500
Which of the following is most likely to erupt explosively?
magma of very low-silica content
magma of low-silica content
magma of medium-silica content
magma of high-silica content
4. magma of high-silica content
500
What is the ring of fire?
A String of Volcanoes 90% of them and where earthquake shakes occur.