Plate tectonics
The ring of fire is located around the perimeter of which plate?
What is the pacific plate
Name the 3 types of stress on rocks
What are compresssion, tension, and shearing
Magma is called this once it leaves the volcano
What is lava
What are P waves
Name one type of volcano
What is cinder cone, composite/ stratovolcano, shield, or lava dome
This forms when one plate slides under another plate
What is a subduction zone
Name the 3 types of faults
The weak point in Earth's crust/ volcano where hot magma rises and can reach the surface
What is the main vent
The point within the earth where the earthquake originates
What is the focus?
Most of the volcanoes near us are this type
What are stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes
When a tectonic plate slides underneath another plate this happens to the under plate
What is melting?
The scale, now outdated, that measures the strength of an earthquake from 1-10
What is the Richter scale
The theory that helped scientists understand how and where volcanoes erupt
What is the theory of plate tectonics
Which type of seismic waves causes the most destruction to property?
What are surface waves
This volcano creates slow moving lava that can be carried long distances
What is a shield volcano
Two diverging oceanic plates form this feature
What is a mid ocean ridge
This is released when an earthquake occurs
What is energy or seismic waves
This results when a volcano erupts and collapses in on itself
What is a caldera
Which seismic waves are called "push/pull" because they compress and extend as they move through the earth?
What are P waves
This volcano appears as a candle with wax dripping on its sides due to dried lava around the vent
What is a lava dome volcano
Name all the types of boundaries that can form volcanoes (4 in total)
What are converging (oceanic/ continental), converging (oceanic/ oceanic), diverging (oceanic/ oceanic), diverging (continental/ continental)
(spelling counts!) This type of scale measures the intensity of an earthquake and describes what you might see and fell
What is the Mercalli scale
These form when pools of magma cool below the surface of the earth and can be exposed over time.
What are igneous intrusions
What is a seismograph
This type of volcano is unlikely to erupt again
What is an extinct volcano