US Volcanoes
What is the name of Hawaii's youngest, most active volcano?
Mt. Kilauea
What is the name of Jupiter's moon?
IO
What are the Earth's 3 main layers?
Core, Mantle, Crust
What do we call liquid rock?
magma
Earthquake
What was the name of the mountain located in Washington state that last erupted in 1980?
Mt. St. Helens
What is the largest volcano located on planet Mars?
Olympus Mons
How many major plates is the Earth divided into?
12
When does magma become lava?
When it reaches the surface
What scale do scientist's use to measure Earthquakes?
Richter Scale
What is the name of the supervolcano located in the United States?
Yellowstone
Where are the most active volcanoes located in outer space?
IO
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, Transform
When did Mount Vesuvius erupt for the first time?
79 AD
What theory is used by many scientists to explain earthquakes?
Elastic Rebound Theory
What eruption magnitude does it take for a volcano to be classified as a supervolcano?
8
What is the name of the moon of Neptune?
Triton
What type of boundary is the San Andres Fault located on?
Transform
Any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto the surface of the Earth is called _______________?
volcanism
P waves, S waves, Surface waves
640,000 years ago
What is a cryovolcano?
Instead of erupting molten rock, they erupt cold, liquid or frozen gases such as water, ammonia, or methane
What is it called when one part of the Earth's crust moved underneath another one, causing the one underneath to melt?
subduction
What type of volcanoes formed the Hawaiian Islands?
Hot Spot Volcanoes
Where and at what magnitude was the largest Earthquake ever recorded?
Chile, 9.5