Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Stress
Faults
Rocks
100
The energy of an earthquake is spread through
What are seismic waves
100
A weak spot on the Earth's surface through with molten material flows is called a :
What is a volcano
100
What is the force that acts on rocks to change it's shape or volume?
What is the definition of stress?
100
What is Reverse Fault, Strike-Slip Fault, and Normal Fault?
What arer the three main types of faults?
100
What is limestone rock, sandstone rock, and shale rock?
What are the three major groups of sedimentary rocks?
200
Seismic waves start underground at the earthquake:
What is the focus
200
Volcano that is wide and gently sloping with smooth and runny lava
What is a shield volcano
200
What is the force that pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle?
What is Tension?
200
What is the Tension in Earth's crust that pulls rock apart?
What is Normal Fault?
200
What is a rock that is formed when a volcano erupts called?
What is an igneous rock
300
Seismic waves that push and pull the rock in the crust as they move through it are known as:
What is a P-Wave
300
What type(s) of plate boundaries can a volcano
What is a convergent boundary and divergent boundary
300
What is the force that squeezesnrock until it folds or breaks?
What is Compression?
300
What is the Compression in Earth's crust that pulls rock apart?
What is Reverse Fault
300
What kind of rock is formed when heat and pressure is added to any rock?
What is a metamorphic rock
400
Earthquakes will occur at what plate boundary(s)?
What is a convergent, divergent, and transform plate boundary
400
Volcanoes that are erupting or have erupted recently, and are expected to erupt again in the near future are referred to as:
What is active volcano
400
What is the force that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions?
What is Shearing?
400
What is the Shearing in Earth's crust that pulls rock apart?
What is strike-slip fault
400
What is the process called that turns one rock into another type of rock?
What is the rock cycle
500
The location on Earth's surface directly above the area where rock breaks in the crust in an earthquake is the:
What is the epicenter
500
11) A volcanic island chain, like Hawaii, is formed when a lithospheric plate moves over a _________________ in the mantle.
What is a hot spot
500
What is Tension, Shearing,and Compression?
What are the three different types of stress?
500
a break in the crust along which the rock moves
What is a fault
500
What are the processes needed to form a sedimentary rock, igneous rock, and a metamorphic rock?
What is weathering and erosion, melting and cooling of lava or magma, heat and pressure
M
e
n
u