Earthquakes
Where do earthquakes generally originate?
At plate boundaries, faults or near volcanoes.
Earthquakes produce these types of waves
Seismic Waves
Last erupting over 30 million years ago this repetitively named volcano had the largest known volcanic eruption on earth.
Wah Wah Springs
Which volcanoes are grand mountains, have steep sides, multiple vents and explosive eruptions?
Strato/ Composite
Name one of the three states Yellowstone is located in.
Wyoming, Idaho, Montana
The epicenter is where the most damage occurs during an earthquake, true or false?
True
Scientists who study seismic activity are called
Seismologists
Rock particles and fragments that blast out of a volcano are called.
Tephra
This cone shaped volcano rarely rises above 1000 feet.
Cinder Cone
What is magma called when it breaches the surface of the earth.
Lava
Which plate boundary do the largest earthquakes occur?
Transform Boundaries.
P- waves are the first waves to be emitted from an earthquake and the first to hit a seismograph. The P stands for what?
Primary
The volume of Tephra is measured by this unit of measurement.
Cubic Kilometers
These volcanoes have gentle slopes and relatively gentle eruptions.
Shield Volcanoes
These popular dominoes menu items consist of chocolate cake with hot fudge on the inside.
Lava Cakes
The origin of an earthquake
These devices record seismic waves and measure how intense an earthquake can be.
Seismographs
Why do composite volcanoes have particularly explosive eruptions
The contain highly viscous magma that gets stuck in the volcanoes pipe.
Mt. Vesuvius is an example of this type of volcano
Strato/ Composite
Mix these house hold items to create your own simulated gentle lava flow.
Baking soda and vineger.
_________ is when pieces of the earth's crust moves side by side in opposite directions.
Shearing
These waves travel through the layers of the earth.
Body waves
This eruption emitted the second most amount of tephra (2800) in earth's history.
Toba
These volcanoes are created by rising magma in the center of a tectonic plate.
Hot Spot Volcanoes
Of Apple Juice, Apple Sauce or Apple Cider which has the Highest viscosity.
Apple Sauce
A devastating earthquake struck this third world Caribbean country in 2010
Haiti
Seismologists use data to ___________ where in epicenter is located.
Triangulate
The 1980 Mt. St. Helens eruption emitted this many cubic kilometers of tephra
The Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland is this type of volcano
Shield
This 1997 volcanic thriller starred Pierce Brosnan.
Daunte's Peak