SHAKE & QUAKE
DANTE'S PEAK
DRIFTING ALONG
THE 3 F'S
ELEVATE YOUR GRADE
100
Earthquakes occur along this boundary.
What is a transform boundary.
100
Molten rock that erupts through a volcano.
What is lava.
100
The theory that Alfred Wegener developed.
What is continental drift.
100
Stress and fault found along San Andreas.
What is shearing and strike-slip.
100
Contour intervals show...
What is a change in elevation, distance between contour lines.
200
The point in the earth where the earthquake originates.
What is the focus.
200
The most explosive type of volcano and the lava that erupts from it.
What are stratovolcanoes and felsic lava.
200
Causes the plates to move.
What are convection currents.
200
Describe fracturing.
What is rocks breaking but NOT moving.
200
When contour lines are closer together they show: ______. When contour lines are further apart they show: _______.
What is steepness and flatness.
300
The point on the earth's surface directly above the earthquake origin.
What is the epicenter.
300
Mauna Loa, HI, type of volcano and boundary it occurs at.
What is shield volcano and hot spot or rift boundary.
300
Creates landforms such as valleys, mid-ocean ridges, or normal faults.
What is divergent boundary.
300
Draw and explain Anticline.
What is oldest layers on the top. Anticline should show an uphill curve.
300
Latitude measures ____ and _____. Longitude measures ____ and ____.
What is north and south, and east and west.
400
Name and outline 3 important qualities of the fastest seismic wave.
What is a p wave. It reaches the seismograph first, goes through solids and liquids, travels twice as fast as s waves, and has a side to side motion.
400
Comes from pyroclastic flows.
What is a volcano avalanche including ash, volcano bombs, and volcanic gasses.
400
Crust is created at ________ boundaries and destroyed at _________ boundaries.
What are divergent and convergent boundaries.
400
Draw and explain a reverse fault.
What is a convergent boundary. Only the Hanging Wall moves. Hanging wall should be moving up.
400
Topographic maps are important because they show _____.
What is elevation and why it is important to build things in certain places.
500
How to find the epicenter of an earthquake.
What is triangulation. Need 3 separate seismographs.
500
Three types of volcanoes and one example of each.
What are stratovolcanoes (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Vesuvius), cinder cones (Mexico), and shield (Mauna Loa).
500
Magnetism helps prove seafloor spreading by...
What is showing magnetic reversals near mid-ocean ridges that show age and rate of spreading.
500
Why do earthquakes occur along fault lines? What type of stress? What else can those earthquakes lead up to?
What is shearing stress, strike-slip faults. Earthquakes can lead to volcanic activity, especially in the Ring of Fire.
500
Where would I not want to build a nuclear power plant?
What are fault lines.
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