Structure of the Earth
Earth has three major layers based on composition: the
What is the crust, the mantle and the core
When rocks on one side of a fault are shoved on top of the rocks on the other side.
What is thrust fault
Earthquakes that result from sudden movements of rock beneath the earth's surface?
What is tectonic earthquakes
What automatically calculates the epicenter and strength of the earthquake and predicts what effect the earthquake will have on different areas? It also sends out an alert to those who will soon be affected.
What is EEW of Earthquake early warning system.
What is the central feature of a volcano and is where the gases, ash and rock are ejected?
What is vent
What lies beneath the surface and marks the bottom of the mantle?
What is Core-mantle boundary
these appear to form when molten rock is forced beneath an overlying rock layer. No molten rock reaches the surface.
What is Domed mountains
The point at which an earthquake begins is the
The most famous scale used to measure earthquake strength
What is Richter Scale
What is the actual source of the volcanic eruption?
The inner core is thought to be what, solid or liquid?
What is solid
Are thought to have formed when the edges of two adjacent tectonic plates were pushed together, causing the layers to buckle like a wrinkled rug.
What is folded mountains
What type of earthquake account for about 85% of earthquakes p. 41
What is Shallow-focus Earthquakes
A system for describing and evaluating the effect of an earthquake on man and man's structures and the earth's surface
What is modified Mercalli Scale MM
What is composite volcanoes
The theory that plates and their movement affect many geologic structures and processes is called
What is plate tectonics
A computer system that stores and processes Geographic data
The most active earthquake zone?
What is circum-pacific belt or ring of fire
What do earthquake waves provide us with information about? p. 49
What is the earth's interior
Volcanoes that consist primarily of erupted volcanic ash and rock fragments
Cinder-cone volcanoes
Creationist believe what kind of model to be likely that most likely resulted at the beginning of the Flood. p. 33
What is Catastrophic plate tectonics
What form when molten rock erupts from a hole in the earth's crust
What is volcanic mountains
15% of all earthquakes occus in a zone that extends from southern Europe into Asia, this zone is known as the
what is Alphide Belt
San Andreas Fault observatory or SAFOD is located where
What is Parkfield, California
Lava that hardens to form either a smooth surface or a ropy surface is known as
What is Pahoehoe