Earthquakes
What does the p in the P waves stand for?
What is primary
What plate did the Hawaiian Islands form from?
What is the Pacific Plate
This stress pulls on Earth's crust making the rock thinner.
What is tension
The type of volcano that is what everyone thinks a volcano looks like. Also, called composite volcano.
What is a stratovolcano
Do tsunamis grow or shrink as they move towards shallower water near the coast?
What is grow
The device used to measure earthquakes
What is seismograph
What is a sleeping volcano called?
What is dormant
What is the block of rock that lies on the underside of an inclined fault?
What is foot wall
A(n) ________ volcano is a volcano that poses very little threat of eruption.
What is extinct
How are tsunamis caused?
What is an underwater earthquake
A break in the rock of earth's crust or mantle.
What is fault
The volcano that created the loudest sound ever.
What is Krakatau
What is the block of rock that lies above an inclined fault?
What is hanging wall
The type of volcano that has slow steady eruptions. They got their name from resembling an ancient war material.
What is shield volcano
Where are you supposed to go when there is a tsunami?
What is to a high point.
What stress squeezes rocks until it bends or breaks?
What is compression
What is an area where lava frequently erupts at the surface?
What is a hot spot
______ occurs when rock is being pushed in two opposite directions.
What is shearing
_____ volcanoes pose an immediate threat of erupting.
What is active
Landslides form when ____________________.
What is when the slope its on undergoes some processes that change its condition from stable to unstable.
What produces the largest disturbance on the seismograph?
What is surface waves
What does nuée ardente translate to.
Seismic waves are _______ that travel through Earth
What are vibrations
If the magma in s volcano's magma chamber is hot or low in silica, it will erupt _______.
What is quietly
What was one of the deadliest tsunamis ever? Happened in 2004.
What is the Indian Ocean Tsunami