volcano types
Seismic waves
Earthquake scales
faults
volcano locations
100
This is a small, steep sided volcano that erupts gas rich basaltic lava.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
100
These waves arrive first at the seismograph.
What are p waves?
100
This scale is based on damage done.
What is the Mercalli scale.
100
This is at divergent plate boundaries.
What is a normal fault?
100
Hawaii is an example of this.
What are hot spots?
200
This type of volcano occurs more often at hot spots and divergent boundaries.
What is shield volcano?
200
These waves cause the most damage.
What is surface waves?
200
This scale has no upper limit.
What is the Richter scale.
200
When the side above the fault slides down.
What is a normal fault?
200
Most of the ring of fire is at a ....
What is a convergent boundary?
300
This volcano has explosive eruptions of andesitic and rhyolitic lava.
What is a composite volcano?
300
These waves only travel through solids.
What are secondary waves?
300
This scale measures the total amount of energy released by the earthquake.
What is the moment magnitude scale?
300
when blocks of rock slide horizontally past each other.
What is strike slip fault?
300
Yellowstone, National park is an example of a ...
What is hot spot?
400
The Hawaiian islands are these types of volcanoes.
What are shield volcanoes?
400
These waves travel through solids and liquids.
What are p waves?
400
This scale has a different value depending on where you are.
What is the mercalli scale?
400
This fault is formed from compression.
What is a reverse fault?
400
Iceland has several volcanoes at this type of boundary.
What is divergent boundary?
500
Mt. St. Helens is at a convergent boundary and is very explosive so it is this type of volcano.
What is a Composite volcano
500
These waves move back and forth and in a rolling backwards motion.
What is surface waves?
500
each increase in 1 on this scale is 10 x as much energy.
What is the richter scale?
500
This is when the side above the fault moves up.
What is reverse fault.
500
Volcanoes often form at Convergent boundaries because...
What is a subducting oceanic plate?
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