Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Waves 1
Waves 2
Waves 3
100
What is the study of Earthquakes?
Seismology
100
_________ is magma that has reached the Earth's surface.
Lava
100
What is the crest of the wave?
The top of the wave. The highest point.
100
What is the trough of a wave?
The lowest point of a wave.
100
_________ is the periodic disturbance in a solid, liquid, or gas as energy is transmitted through a medium.
wave
200
Where are earthquakes more likely to occur?
At boundaries where tectonic plates rub against one another.
200
Volcanic eruptions are MOST LIKELY to occur?
Near the boundaries of tectonic plates.
200
What do waves transfer?
Energy
200
_____________ is a substance through which a wave can travel.
Medium
200
What is the resting point of a wave?
The original space for example on a wave in the water, it would be the water at rest.
300
Which wave is the first wave detected during an earthquake?
P Wave
300
Name a factor that influences whether a volcano erupts explosively.
Water or pressure
300
What are the three types of waves?
Longitudinal, transverse, surface
300
In a longitudinal wave, the particles move in which direction?
Parallel
300
Name the three types of mediums.
liquid, solid, or gas
400
Name a specific motion from a tectonic plate boundary.
transform motion convergent motion divergent motion
400
A benefit to society of volcano research is that it allows scientists to...
to better predict when eruptions will occur.
400
In a transverse wave, the particles move in which direction?
perpendicular
400
The number of waves that pass a given point in one second is the ____________.
Wave speed
400
___________ is the distance from a wave's resting position to its crest or trough.
amplitude
500
__________ causes earthquakes because the rock stretches and it eventually breaks.
Elastic deformation
500
When magma builds up beneath a volcano, a large amount of pressure is created. What form does this pressure take?
potential energy
500
The distance from the crest of one wave to teh crest of another wave is the ___________.
Wavelength
500
Where does the wavelength end?
Crest
500
Which type of wave is a vibrating guitar string?
longitudinal
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