Mountain Building
Earthquakes
Locating Waves
Volcanoes
100
Scientists classify mountains by _ basic types.
What is 5
100
Movements in Earth's crust are usually ____ and ____.
What is small and slow
100
To find the _______ of an earthquake, scientists draw a circle around each seismograph station.
What is epicenter
100
Lava may be hotter than ______ or ______.
What is 1,100 °C or 2,000 °F
200
A _____ is a dome-shaped mound that forms in Earth's crust
What is a dome mountain
200
_________ occur at or near ________ boundaries, places where the Earth's crust is being stretched apart.
What is normal faults and divergent
200
The most widely used intensity scale is the ______________.
What is the Modified Mercalli scale.
200
Volcanoes often form at _____________
What is convergent plate boundaries?
300
The __________ is the lowest point in the United States
What is Death Valley
300
________, or primary waves, are an example of longitude waves.
What is p-waves
300
The ______ of an earthquake and how long it lasts also help determine its effects
What is strength
300
Volcanoes also form where _____________
What is two oceanic plates meet
400
At divergent boundaries, _______ rises between the two plates that are pulling apart.
What is magma
400
_____ travels slower than _____.
What is L-waves and P-waves
400
Scientists use _______ to detect changes in water pressure
What is tsunameters
400
A volcano may erupt through _________
What is one or more side vents as well as its central vent
500
Glaciers shaped some of the ____ and carved out ____, now filled with small lakes
What is peaks and bowls
500
A _____ detects and measures the amount of ground motion during a quake
What is seismograph
500
Sea level can rise up to ________ above normal in a tsunami
What is 90 feet/30 meters
500
Lava is _____________
What is magma that reaches Earths surface
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