small movements of the earth's crust that you may or may not feel are called: shakes, tremors, rock and roll
What are tremors
100
Vibrations in the earth's crust are called: seismic waves, cell tectonics, curling waves
What are seismic waves
100
what is the instrument that measures the intensity and amount of shaking causing damage and the effect on the earth's surface , uses roman numerals I -XII called : Mercalli intensity scale or weigh watchers scale
What is the Mercalli intensity scale
100
A downward fold is called : syncline or anticline
What is syncline
100
Iceland is part of this zone : Ring of Fire, mid atlantic , eurasian-melanesian belt
What is the Mid Atlantic Range
200
what do you call the sudden strong movement of the earth's crust that can cause a lot of damage: hurricanes, tornados, or earthquakes
What are earthquakes
200
The fastest waves also called push-pull are : L -waves, p-waves or s-waves
What are p-waves
200
what do you call the measure of the total energy released of an earthquakes: magnitude, magnificent , marvelous
What is magnitude
200
when pressure inside the earth breaks rock what is formed : breaks, fractures, or rupture
What are fractures
200
landforms with elevations of at least 600 meters above land: hills, mountains, valleys
What are mountains
300
The place inside the earth where an earthquake begins is called: focus, fractions, forgetting
What is the focus
300
the slower, 2nd damaging rope like waves are called: S-waves, p-waves, or L-waves
What are S-waves
300
What instrument measures the magnitude of an earthquake: moment magnitude scale or jenny craig scale
What is moment magnitude scale
300
if the rocks on either side of a fracture move, the break is called: fracture, fault or frizzle
What is fault
300
Name the three stages of mountains: larry, moe , curly or young, mature, and old
What is young, mature and old
400
The place on the surface of the earth directly above the focus is called : the epidemic, epic, or epicenter
What is the epicenter
400
the slowest , surface damage , last to be felt waves: p-waves, S-waves or L-waves
What are L-waves
400
What do you call the pressure causing rock layers to bend , looks like waves, rocks move without breaking (gum) : fault, fold, figure
What is fold
400
smaller less intense earthquakes that follow a major earthquake but is in the same region is called : aftershock, aftertime, aftertime
What is aftershock
400
what do you call a group of mountains with the same general shape and structure: range, belts, or faults
What is a range
500
what causes an earthquake: pressure at the focus or lots of rain
What is pressure at the focus
500
The machine that detects and measures earthquakes and tremors : mercalli intensity scale or seismograph
What is a seismograph
500
What do you call an upward fold : an incline and anticline,or syncline
What is an anticline
500
What is the largest earthquake and volcano Zone that forms a circle around the Pacific Ocean: mid atlantic range, ring of fire, ring around the collar
What is the ring of fire
500
What two things does a volcano include: a vent and volcanic cone, : or vacuum and broom