Are defined as movements of the ground that are cause by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move.
What is an earthquake?
100
Name one of the safety things if an earthquake occurs
What is crouch under a table, stay calm, stay way from falling debris, and etc.
100
An earthquake whose epicenter is on the ocean floor cause a giant ocean wave.
What is a tsunami?
100
The vent in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled.
What is a Volcano?
100
What is the difference between a magma and a lava?
A magma is when it is inside the volcano and a lava is when the magma erupts.
200
The fastest of siesmic wave and the first wave to be detected in an earthquake
What is P waves?
200
Where does most earthquke occur?
What is a Plate boundaries
200
When the magma chamber below a volcano empties, the volcanic cane may collapse and leave a large, basin-shaped depression.
What is a caldera?
200
Any activities that includes the movement of magma onto Earth's surface.
What is Volcanism?
200
What is the difference between a mafic and a felsic?
Mafic is rich magnesium and iron, and has generally dark colors. Felsic is rich in feldspar and silica, and generally light color.
300
Closely space faults.
What is Fault Zones?
300
What is the difference between seismograph and seismogram
A seismograph is an instrument that records vibrations in the ground and a seismogram is a tracing of earthquake mootion that is recorded by a seismograph.
300
What is number V Mercalli Intensity Scale?
Is felt by nearly felt by everyone, some objects are broken, and unstable objects are overturne
300
Are large plutons that cover an area of at least 100km^2 when they are exposed on Earth's surface.
What is Bathloliths?
300
What is a cone formed by only solid fragments built up around a volcanic opening is a?
Cinder cone
400
Is the sudden return of the elastically deformed rock to itd underformed shape.
What is Elastic rebound?
400
How old is the Mississipi River fault?
600 million years old
400
A string volcano islands.
What is island arc?
400
Large pyroclastic particles that are less than 64mm in diameter.
What is Lapilli?
400
Where are many volcanoes located?
In the subduction zone
500
Locations on Earth's surface where no body waves from a particular earthquake can be detected.
What is Shadow Zone?
500
Is the scientist who discovered that the speed of seismic waves increases abruptly at about 30 km beneath the surface of continents.
Who is Andrija Mohorovicic
500
What is a X in the Mercalli Intensity Scale?
Destroys some to most structure, including foundations; rails are bent.
500
What is Plutons?
When magma does not Earth's surface, the magma may cool and solidfy inside crust