Mountain Building
Earthquakes
Locating Quakes
Volcanoes
vocabulary
100
What is the tallest landform on earth?
mountains
100
What is the definition seismic wave?
A wave that carries energy released by an earthquake that travels in all directions, including up to the surface
100
The ______ of an earthquake is a point underground where the earthquake begins.
focus
100
What is another name of magma?
Lava
100
The definition of tsunami
a huge sea waves produced by an earthquake
200
What is the difference between fold mountains & fault blocked mountains?
A fold mountain is formed where continental plates collide and fault blocked mountains form wherever faulting occurs.
200
_________ that travel through Earth's interior is called _________.
seismic waves, body waves
200
________ is the amount of energy that an earthquake releases.
Magnitude
200
These volcanoes may form a string of an islands called an _______.
island arc
200
What is the definition of island arc
a string of volcanic island that form where one oceanic plate sinks beneath another
300
Volcanoes activity often happens at _______ boundaries, when the edge of one plate sinks beneath another.
convergent
300
What types of faults are there?
Normal fault, Reverse faults, Strike-slip faults
300
What affects the damage done by an earthquake?
Earthquakes have been doing damage to our city all over the world.
300
What are the different volcanoes?
cinder cone volcanoes ; composite volcanoes ; shield volcanoes
300
What is a seismograph
a tool for recording seismic waves
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