volcanoes
earthquakes
rocks
measuring earthquakes
misc.
100
a volcano formed in the middle of a plate
What is a hot spot volcano?
100
the first wave that arrives during an earthquake
What is a p wave?
100
sandstone
What is an example of a clastic sedimentary rock?
100
measures the waves of the earthquake
What is a seismograph?
100
thick, high in silica, and viscosity
What is felsic magma?
200
a volcano with mafic magma, and gentle eruptions.
What is shield cone?
200
this wave has the most destruction in its path
What is surface waves?
200
intrusive
What is the type of magma that takes longer to cool?
200
a system that measures the amplitude, and arrival time between p and s waves.
What is a seismogram?
200
thin, forms shield cones and gentle eruptions
What is mafic magma?
300
a place where composite and cinder cone volcanoes are formed
What is a subduction zone?
300
the actual starting point of an earthquake underground.
What is the focus?
300
igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary
What are the 3 types of preexisting rocks?
300
the time it takes between the arrival time of the p and s waves.
What is the p s wave interval?
300
and example of an ORGANIC rock
What is limestone?
400
the place aboved the focus, where the earthquake starts
What is the epicenter?
400
clastic, chemical, and organic processes
What are the three ways preexisting rock forms?
400
measures the magnitude of an earthquake. (hint-scale)
What is richter scale?
400
examples of CHEMICAL rocks.
What is halite, limestone, gypsum?
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