Earthquakes
What are the three plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
What are the four types of volcanoes?
Shield, Composite, Cinder, Supervolcano
The gradual movement of continents over time
What is viscosity?
The resistance of a liquid to flow
What are the 3 types of faults?
Reverse, normal, strikeslip
How explosive are the eruptions of Cinder cone volcanoes?
explosive
what does Pangaea have to do with C.D.?
What are two factors that determine the viscosity in something?
water and silica
What are the 3 types of stress?
Compression, tension, shearing
What is an example of a composite volcano?
Fuji, mt st helens, vesuvious
Who came up with the idea?
Alfred Wegener
What is an example of a convergent plate boundary?
Himalayas
how explosive are composite volcanoes?
Very explosive
What is one piece of evidence supporting C.D.?
Fossils found in different places
What happens if an earthquake occurs in the ocean?
a Tsunami
what is the ejecta of a shield volcano
Lava (basaltic, low silica, runny)
Convection currents