vocab
faults and random
earth quake
random
volcanoes
100
What are vibrations caused by the rupture and sudden movement of rocks along the FAULT LINES OR cracks of Earth's crust?
earth quakes
100
a fracture in the earth causing two blocks to slide past each other horizontally
What is a strike-slip fault
100
what tool measures the magnitude and uses the amount of ground motion at a given distance from an earthquake to determine the magnitude of the earthquake
What is a richter magnitude scale
100
what wave can travel through liquids and solids and is the first wave to arrive
What is a primary wave
100
a vent in the earth's crust through which molten lava flows
What is a volcano
200
The location on earth's surface directly above the focus
What is the epicenter
200
a fracture in earth's crust where two blocks of land pull apart and one subducts under the other
What is a normal fault
200
what tool measures the amount of energy released by the earthquake in order to find out the size of the fault that broke
What is a moment magnitude scale
200
the place in earth where siesmic waves originate
What is the focus
200
a large volcano with gentle slopes of balstic lave common along divergent boundaries and oceanic hot spots
What is a shield volcano
300
scientists that study earth quakes
What is a seismologist
300
a fracture in earth's crust where two blocks of land push together and upward making uplifted land.
What is a reverse fault
300
What can cause granite to break down into soil over time?
Wind and rain.
300
the wave that can only travel through solids and arrives a few minutes after the p-wave
What is a secondary wave
300
a large steep sided volcano that results from explosive eruptions that usually happen along convergent boundaries
What is a composite volcano
400
a crack or fracture in earth's crust that usually cause earth quakes to happen
What is a fault
400
the most damaging wave
What is a surface wave
400
what device finds the epicenter
What is a seismogram
400
if each state had about the same amount of precipitation in 2007, which state would have had the highest rate of chemical weathering?
What is New York (NY
400
a small steep sided volcano that erupts gas rich balstic lava.
What is a cinder cone volcano
500
energy that travels as vibrations through earth
What is a seismic wave
500
the slowest wave
What is the surface wave
500
What causes the deposition of sand that builds a delta?
River water slowing as it enters the ocean.
500
whats is the instrument that siesmoligist use to study how big the earth quake fault was
What is seisometer
500
a location where volcanoes from far from plate boundaries
What is a hot spot