Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Boundaries
Faults
Vocab
100
What is lava called before is reaches Earth's surface?
Liquid Hot Magma
100
What is the shaking and trembling beneath Earth's surface from the movement of rock called?
Earthquakes
100
What is the vocab word for this definition: a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?
Stress
100
What type of fault is this?
Reverse Fault (convergent / compression)
100
What is the vocab word to this definition: a volcano with lava coming out of it?
Active
200
Where do the rarest volcanoes form, like the ones in Hawaii?
Hot spots
200
The magnitude of an earthquake is a number that rates the earthquakes _______________.
Size
200
How many seismic stations do you need to find the epicenter of an earthquake?
3
200
What type of fault is shown below?
Strike-Slip Fault
200
What is the vocab word to this definition: a volcano with an empty magma chamber?
Extinct
300
What type of volcano has both quiet and explosive eruptions marked by layers of ash/cinder and lava flows?
Composite Volcanoes
300
What is an instrument used to record and measure an earthquakes seismic waves?
seismograph
300
Where is the Ring of Fire located?
Around the edges or faults of the Pacific Ocean.
300
What type of stress is associated with each type of fault below?
Word Bank: Tension, Shearing, Compression
A = Compression (Convergent / Reverse Fault)
B = Tension (Divergent / Normal Fault)
C = Shearing (Transform / Strike-Slip Fault)
300
What is the vocab word to this definition: A sleeping volcano that could possible erupt in the future?
Dormant
400
Name the type of eruption with each silica content.
Low silica (think and runny)=
High silica (think and sticky) =
Low silica (think and runny)= Quiet
High silica (think and sticky) = Explosive
400
Which seismic waves causes the most damage?
Surface Waves
400
What type of boundary do Island Arcs form at?
Convergent plate boundary
400
What plate boundary is associated with each of the following fault types?
Word Bank: Divergent, Convergent, Transform
Reverse Fault = Convergent (Compression)
Normal Fault = Divergent (Tension)
Strike-Slip Fault = Transform (Shearing)
400
What is the vocab word to this definition: the thickness of a liquid?
Viscosity
500
Label each part of the volcano #7, #8, #9, #10 and #11. Circle the part that all volcanoes must have.
Word Bank: Lava Flow, Magma Chamber, Vent, Crater, Pipe
7 = Pipe
8 = Crater
9 = Vent
10 = Lava Flow
11 = Magma Chamber (all volcanoes must have this)
500
What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake?
The epicenter is on the Earth's surface and the focus is far down under the surface.
500
In which order are seismic waves recorded on a seismograph?
1st = P or Primary Waves
2nd = S or Secondary Waves
3rd = Surface Waves or Love and Rayleigh Waves
500
Label each fault with the correct name.
Word Bank: Strike-Slip Fault, Reverse Fault, Normal Fault
A = Reverse Fault (Convergent / Compression)
B = Normal Fault (Divergent / Tension)
C = Strike-Slip Fault (Transform / Shearing)
500
What is the vocab word to this definition: ash, gas and rock that flows down the volcano?
Pyroclastic flow
