Mountain Building
Earthquakes
Locating Quakes
Volcanoes
100
Mountains form from ______ __________.
What is plate motions?
100
____________ are caused by _________ _________ along breaks in the crust called ________.
What is earthquakes, sudden motion, and faults?
100
The focus of an earthquake is the point underground where the earthquake ends is true or false. If false, change the word/words to make it true.
What is false? What is the focus of an earthquake is the point underground where the earthquake begins?
100
__________ form where ________ reaches Earth's _______.
What is volcanoes, magma, and surface?
200
_________ can produce _______ when a large section of rock is forced _________ or ___________.
What is faulting, cliffs, upward, and downward?
200
The three types of faults are ________ faults, _________ faults, and __________ faults.
What is normal, reverse, and strike-slip?
200
The point on the surface directly above the focus is called __________________.
What is the epicenter?
300
__________ occurs when ___________ ________ ________.
What is folding and continental plates collide?
300
The three seismic waves are ________, ________, and _________. Describe each of them.
What is P-Waves, S-Waves, and L-Waves? What is P-Waves are the first to arrive at the surface and are longitudinal waves. What is S-Waves are transverse waves? What is L-Waves are a type of surface wave, they are typically very destructive?
300
Magnitude is the amount of energy that an earthquake releases is true or false. If false, change a word to make it true.
What is true?
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