Plate Movement
The Area where 70% of volcanoes are located and has the largest seismic activity out of any region on the planet
What is the ring of fire?
Had 3 peaks and caused the loudest recorded sound in history.
What was Mount Krakatoa?
This earthquake would probably not be felt. (scale)
what is a 1.0-3.0 earthquake?
Waves that can penetrate deep inside the earth and are caused by earthquakes and explosions.
What are seismic waves?
Mount Paricutin was this type of volcano.
What are cinder cone volcanoes?
This type of stress occurs when rock is pushed in two opposite directions, to the point when it bends or breaks.
What is shearing?
These are the most common type of volcano
What are stratovolcanoes
this US state has the most earthquakes.
What is Alaska?
Slowest moving wave, can only move through solids
What are S-waves?
The study of earthquakes
what is siesmology?
This type of plate boundaries causes the biggest earthquakes, and occur when two plates slide past eachother.
What is a strike-slip fault?
At these two boundaries are where most volcanoes are formed.
What are convergent and divergent boundaries?
this is the scale that scientists use to measure earthquakes.
What is the magnitude scale?
The Fastest moving type of wave, can move through solids, liquids, and gases
what are P-waves?
The part of the volcano where all the magma is stored
What is the lava chamber?
the type of fault that is caused by compression
What is a reverse fault?
The type of volcano that forms on top of a hotspot
What are shield volcanoes?
This is a cause of an earthquake, tall towers are built to protect people from these.
What are tsunamis?
The most destructive type of wave, travels on the surface.
What are surface waves?
The point on the surface directly above the point of the earthquake. (most destructive point)
What is the epicenter?
A break in the rock of Earth's crust or mantle. (occur along plate boundaries)
What is a Fault?
these are natural disasters that occur when a volcano erupts.
What are tsunamis and earthquakes?
The region where all earthquakes occur
What is a fault?
The scientist who discovered the vertical moving waves (ironic name for earthquakes)
Who was Augustus Edward Hough Love
The spot of the fault that the earthquake happens at, sends waves out and is basically the earthquake. (also the hypocenter)
What is the point?