Mountain Building
Earthquakes
Locating Quakes
Volcanoes
100
Earth's tallest landforms
Wut es mountains
100
Name three (3) different types of faults.
What is normal, reverse, and strike-slip.
100
The point underground where an earthquake begins is called a(n) _____.
What is a focus.
100
Before lava reaches the surface, it is called ______.
What is magma
200
What type of rock is a volcanic mountain most likely made of?
What is igneous rock.
200
A major strike-slip fault in California.
What is the San Andreas Fault.
200
Which part of an earthquake is the damage greatest?
What is the epicenter.
300
A _____-______ mountain is a mountain that forms from a block of crust that is pushed upward or downward along a fault.
What is fault-block mountain.
300
What type of waves do earthquakes create?
What is seismic waves.
300
The Richter scale measured an earthquake's _______.
What is the magnitude.
400
Name five (5) types of mountains.
What is folded, fault-block, volcanic, dome, and erosion.
400
True or False? P-waves travel faster than S-waves.
What is false. P-waves are the fastest king of seismic waves.
400
On April 18, 1906, the city of ____ ________ was destroyed by a massive earthquake the magnitude of 8.25.
What is San Francisco.
500
What causes erosion mountains to have rounded peaks?
What is weathering and erosion.
500
Device used to measuring the strength and duration of an earthquake.
What is a seismograph.
500
When an earthquake strikes underwater, it causes a _______.
What is a tsunami.
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