Volcanoes
Explosive vs Non
Boundaries
Faults and Scales
Clines+E.C.
100
The molten rock under ground.
What is magma?
100
A volcano that oozes instead of bursts, and has less viscosity.
What is a non- explosive volcano?
100
A plate boundary that has the plates moving away from eachother.
What is a divergent plate boundary?
100
A fault that has the hanging wall slide up relative to the foot wall because of compression.
What is a reverse fault?
100
The cline that has an upward arch.
What is an anticline?
200
A volcano that is described as "asleep"
What is a dormant volcano?
200
A volcano that spurts instead of drips, and has more viscosity.
What is an explosive volcano?
200
A plate boundary that has the plates moving toward eachother.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
200
A fault where the hanging wall moves down relative to the footwall caused by tension.
What is a normal fault?
200
A cline that sinks down, like in the shape of a smile or a shallow U.
What is a syncline?
300
The material that lava is made of
What is pyroclastic material?
300
One of the 3 cones that is a non- explosive volcano.
What is a shield cone?
300
A plate boundary that has the plates sliding past eachother in opposite directions.
What is a transform plate boundary?
300
A fault where the walls move horizontally against eachother caused by sheering.
What is a strike- slip fault?
300
A cline that is a straight line.
What is a monocline?
400
A volcano that can erupt at any time.
What is an active volcano?
400
One of the 3 cones that is a combination of explosive AND non- explosive.
What is a composite cone?
400
The boundary that creates earthquakes.
What is a transform boundary?
400
The scale uses decimals to measure magnitide
What is the Richter scale?
400
3 things volcanoes can form.
What are calderas, craters and lava plateaus?
500
A volcano that can never erupt again.
What is an extinct volcano?
500
One of the 3 cones that is explosive.
What is a cinder cone?
500
A boundary that creates mountains.
What is a convergent boundary?
500
The scale that uses Roman numerals to measure intensity.
What is the Mercalli scale?
500
P, S, Surface(most dangerous)
What are the body waves from fastest to slowest?
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