Earthquakes
A device that tracks earthquake waves
What is a seismograph or seismogram?
Where tectonic plates meet.
What is boundary or plate boundary?
The process that breaks rock down
What is weathering?
This mineral is yellow and can be identified using the smell test
What is sulfur?
The name for magma once it reaches the surface.
What is lava
The point on the surface of the earth above the focus of the earthquake
What is epicenter?
The type of plate boundary that forms mountains
What is convergent?
Sandstone is an example of this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?
A soft mineral can easily be scratched by this.
What is a fingernail?
Mauna Loa in Hawaii is an example of this type of volcano.
What is shield?
The unit of intensity defined by the Richter Scale
What is magnitude?
This layer of the Earth is made up of the crust and the rigid mantle
What is the lithosphere?
Basalt is an example of this type of rock
What is igneous?
This mineral is transparent, relatively soft, and forms perfect cubes.
What is halite?
A type of mud flow consisting of wet volcanic ash
What is a lahar?
Multiple earthquakes in close proximity and close time.
What is a swarm?
This type of Earth's crust is thinner and more dense
What is oceanic?
This type of igneous rock cools slowly beneath the surface and forms larger crystals
What is intrusive?
A mineral exhibits this property when you can see light through it, but it is not clear.
What is transluscent?
An unusually hot region of the mantle that can form island chains
What is a hot spot?
The fastest traveling wave that starts at the focus of an earthquake.
What is a P-Wave?
A subducting plate creates this land feature that is visible as an indent or seam on Google Earth
What is a trench?
This type of metamorphic rock has distinct black and white bands
What is Gneiss?
This mineral has the chemical composition SiO2
What is quartz?
The VEI (volcanic explosivity index) value of a super volcano.
What is 8?