Magma
Measure it
Earthquakes
Volcanos
???
100
What kind of eruption will occur if the magma is low in silica and high in gas?
What is fire fountain eruption
100
This scale rates the total energy released by earthquakes.
What is Moment Magnitude Scale
100
The largest US earthquake occurred in which state?
What is Alaska in 1964
100
This volcano located in Washington state erupted in 1980.
What is Mt. St. Helens
100
This mineral is made of silica
What is quartz
200
What kind of eruption will occur if the magma has low silica and low gas content
What is runny and quiet eruption
200
This scale ranks earthquakes according to their magnitude of the seismic waves recorded on the seismograph.
What is Richter scale
200
An Earthquake along this fault line could cause damage here.
What is New Madrid Fault
200
A pool of lava that forms in a caldera
What is lava lake
200
Low silica magma may form ______ rocks when it cools
What is basalt
300
What kind of eruption will occur if the magma is high in silica and low in gas.
What is a slow sticky quiet eruption
300
This scale uses 12 descriptive categories and rating damage to measure earthquakes.
What is Modified Mercalli Scale
300
San Francisco is located along what fault line.
What is San Andreas fault
300
Large pieces of glowing lava thrown from an explosive eruption
What are lava bombs
400
What kind of eruption will occur if the magma has a high silica and high gas content.
What is explosive eruption
400
On the Richter scale seismic wave amplitude increases ___ times for each magnitude change.
What is 10
400
This type of motion between plates causes an Earthquake.
What is stick slip Motion
400
A mudflow that results from a volcanic eruption
What is a lahar
400
magma that reaches earth surface
What is lava
500
What type of volcanoes form from low silica eruptions?
What are shield
500
According to the Richter scale serious damage begins occuring at what level.
What is 5.0
500
Tool used for recording and measuring Earthquakes
What is seismograph
500
High silica magma may form _____ rock when it cools.
What is granite
500
Plates at this type of boundary slide past each other.
What is transform fault.
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