Volcanoes in Hawaii
Earthqaukes
Mountains
Volcanoes
Earth's Layers
100
Basaltic lava has a high _____ content.
What is fluid.
100
What is an Earthquake?
What is a shaking of the earth's crust due to the release of tremendous amounts of energy.
100
The bending, tilting, and breaking of earth's crust due to plate tectonics.
What is Deformation.
100
An opening in the earth's surface where magma flows through.
What is a vent.
100
This layer is the thinnest layer of the earth.
What is crust layer.
200
The formation of volcanoes as the _____ plate moved over a hot spot confirmed the theory of Subduction. (Hint: It's is near Hawaii)
What is Pacific.
200
Name the theory of what causes an Earthquake.
What is the Elastic Rebound Theory.
200
The force that applies pressure to rocks on the crust.
What is stress.
200
Lava that contains low silica content and is low in water vapor and carbon dioxide and is dark in color.
What is Mafic lava.
200
It is about 1,800 miles thick and is made of semi-solid rock.
What is mantle.
300
Hawaii volcanoes have a very ______ lava.
What is liquid or fluid.
300
Name what the focus is in an Earthquake.
What is the area where slippage first occurs.
300
Rocks pushed in two different directions.
What is sheaning.
300
Lava that contains high silica content and is high in water vapor and carbon dioxide and is light in color.
What is Felsic.
300
This is the only purely liquid layer of the earth.
What is the outer core.
400
The primary type of volcanoes on Hawaii are these ______ .
What is shield volcanoes.
400
Name the area in an Earthquake where we see the damage.
What is the epicenter.
400
When crystal rock is squeezed together.
What is compression.
400
Emerging lava forms a _____ ocean floor.
What is new.
400
It is about 3,200-3960 miles below the surface of the earth and is about 750 miles in diameter.
What is the inner core.
500
Underground tubes convey ____ up to 30 miles to the ocean.
What is lava.
500
Surface waves or L waves are the most _____ at surface.
What is destructive.
500
Rocks being pulled apart.
What is tension.
500
A structure formed from vent and material builds around it.
What is a volcano.
500
An extremely hot and solid sphere of mostly iron and nickel in the earth.
What is inner core.
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