Faults
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Boundaries
Surprise Jeopardy
100
a fault that forms as rocks are pulled apart
What is normal fault
100
this is what the rocks do as stress increases or builds up on them
What is break free
100
this is a type of hot spring that shoots water into the air
What is a geyser?
100
a boundary where plates scrape past each other.
What is a transform boundary.
100
the man who came up with the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener?
200
a fault that forms as rocks push together
What is reverse fault
200
this is where the earthquake begins
What is the focus
200
This is a hot spring that can form at spreading centers in the ocean.
What is a deep sea vent?
200
a boundary where the tectonic plates pull away from each other.
What is divergent boundary
200
these are 3 things on Earth that volcanoes, the heat that comes from them and materials erupted from them can effect.
What is land, air and water
300
a fault that forms as rocks push horizontally in opposite directions against each other
What is strike-slip fault
300
this is the point that is on the surface directly above the focus.
What is epicenter
300
This is a cone shaped volcano that is built up of layers of lava and layers of rock fragments.
What is a composite volcano?
300
this is a boundary at which crust is destroyed
What is a convergent boundary
300
this forms when rocks bend into folds and forms where plates push together.
What are folded mountains?
400
The San Andreas Fault is an example of this kind of fault
What is strike-slip fault
400
these are the waves that make Earth's surface roll up and down or shake from side to side.
What are surface waves.
400
This is a compound of silicon and oxygen and can be found in lava and magma.
What is silica?
400
this occurs where both crusts are the same density, so neither plate can subduct.
What is continental continental collison
400
this type of precipitation will come from the sky when gases from volcanoes such as sulfur dioxide, forms acids and mixes with water in the air
What is acid rain
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