Chapter 17
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Greek word that means "all the earth?"
What is Pangaea
100
Fuels volcanoes from deep under Earth's surface
What is magma
100
what do most earthquakes occur from
What are rock fractures
100
The highest point on Earth
What is Mt. Everest
200
A change in Earth's magnetic field
What is magnetic reversal
200
Name the three types of magma
What is basaltic magma, andesitic magma, and rhyolitic magma
200
Name the three types of seismic waves
What are primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves
200
What is isostacy?
The displacement of the mantle by Earth's continental and oceanic crust
300
What tectonic plate is California on?
What is North American Plate
300
A pluton that forms when magma intrudes parallel to layers of rock
What is a sill
300
How are earthquakes detected?
What are seismomters
300
the process that forms all mountain ranges
What is orogeny
400
Tectonic processes associated with convection currents in the mantle
What is Ridge push and Slab Pull
400
Formed as the result of mountain-building processes
What are plutons
400
Rates the types of damage and other effects of an earthquake as noted by observers during and after its occurrence
What is the modified Mercalli scale
400
The Appalachian Mountains formed along what boundary
What is a convergent boundary
500
What scientists hypothesize convection currents are set in motion by
What are subducting slabs
500
Name the three major types of volcanoes
What are shield volcanoes, cinder-cone volcanoes, and composite volcanoes
500
Name four earthquake hazards caused by an earthquake
What are structural failure, land and soil failure, fault scarps, and tsunamis
500
Areas of Earth's crust that are higher than the surrounding landscape as the result of faulting
What are fault-block mountains
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