earth's crust
monitoring earthquakes
volcanic eruptions
earthquakes and seismic waves
volcanic landforms/plates movement
100
The three stresses on rock are.....
What is tension, compression, and shearing?
100
The waves used to measure an earthquake....
What is seismic waves?
100
A mountain that forms in earth crust when molten material or magma reaches the surface......
What is volcano?
100
The slowest seismic waves.
What is surface waves?
100
An opening where molten rock and gas leave a volcano.
What is vent?
200
Faults are formed when _________ builds up in rock.
What is stress?
200
The first wave that move the ground during an earthquake...
What is P-waves?
200
___________ is a molten material of rock-forming substances, gasses, and water from the mantle.
What is magma?
200
Seismic waves are similar to ______________ waves.
What is sound ?
200
A volcano that will most likely not erupt again.
What is extinct?
300
__________ The stress force that pulls on the crust and thins rock in the middle is
What is tension?
300
The second wave during an earthquake that moves side to side.....
What is S- waves?
300
A major belt of volcanoes.
What is ring of fire?
300
The point on the surface directly above the point at which an earthquake occurs.
What is epicenter?
300
A quiet erupting volcano can be caused by....
What is low in silica?
400
The stress force that squeezes rock until it breaks is
What is compression?
400
When P and S waves reach the surface some of them become ____________ waves.
What is surface waves?
400
An area of where material from deep within earth's mantle rises to the crust and melts to form magma.
What is hot spot?
400
The______________ scale rates the total energy an earthquake releases.
What is Moment magnitude scale?
400
A large amount of magma forming in the crust of a volcano.
What is batholith?
500
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is...
What is Plateau?
500
A record of ground movements caused by seismic waves as they move through earth....
What is seismograph?
500
A place where magma is located under ground below the volcano.
What is magma chamber?
500
__________ scale rates the earthquake based on the size of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph.
What is Richter scale?
500
When magma hardens in the pipe of the volcano is forms a....
What is volcanic neck?
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