Types of volcanoes
Volcano Vocab
Earthquakes
Faults
Misc.
100
This volcano has a broad base and gently sloping sides
Shield
100
A vent or fissue where magma and gases are expelled
What is volcano
100
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus
What is epicenter
100
Squeezing and shortening of rocks
What is compression
100
When two plates move toward each other
What is convergent boundary
200
This volcano is made of cinders and ash
What is cinder cone
200
Liquid rock produced by heat and pressure in Earth's mantle
What is magma
200
Earthquakes most often occur here
What is at plate boundaries
200
A break in a body of rock along which one block slides in relation to another
What is a fault
200
When two plates move away from each other
What is divergent boundary
300
This volcano has alternating layer of lava flow and cinders
What is composite
300
An opening at the surface of Eath through which volcanic material passes
What is vent
300
Name one thing that can result from an earthquake taking place
What is tsunami, damage to buildings, harm to people, etc.
300
two fault blocks move past horizontally
What is strike-slip fault
300
When two plates move horizontally past each other
What is transfrom boundary
400
This volcano can form at the side of other volcanos
What is cinder cone
400
Magama that has reached earth's surface
What is lava
400
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape is called
What is elastic rebound
400
the hanging wall moves DOWN in relation to the footwall
What is normal fault
400
The bending of rock layers due to stress
What is folding
500
This volcano forms from mild and explosive eruptions
What is composite
500
A small depression near the vent of a volcano
What is crater
500
The location within earth at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs along a fault
What is focus
500
The hanging wall moves up in relation to the footwall
What is reverse fault
500
These mountains form when compression folds and uplifts rock layers
What is folded mountains
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