Volcanoes
Where is the most active volcano on earth located?
What is Kilauea, Hawaii?
What should you do if a large amount of land that is normally underwater is now showing?
What is get to higher ground?
What is the location of an earthquake called?
What is a focus?
Thousands of years ago all of the continents were together this landmass was called what?
What is Pangaea?
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake called?
What is epicenter?
When heat and pressure changes cause rock to melt forming what?
What is magma?
What does the word "Tsunami" mean?
What is "Harbor Waves"?
Earthquakes often happen around what type of plate boundary?
What is a transform fault boundary?
What are the two sections that plates are made of?
What is lithosphere and asthenosphere?
What tool do we use to measure earthquake waves?
What is a seismograph?
A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano.
What is a caldera?
How tall can a tsunami reach?
What is approximately 100 feet or 30 meters tall?
What is the goal of "earthquake resistant" buildings?
What is to reduce the loss of life?
Who suggested the theory seafloor spreading?
Who is Harry Hess?
What is the oldest Hawaiian island?
What is Kauai?
When volcanic ash, debris, and hot volcanic gases run down the side of volcanoes.
What is pyroclastic flow?
What are the two main causes of tsunamis?
What are earthquakes and volcanic eruptions?
What is another type of transform boundary?
What is a strike-slip fault?
DAILY DOUBLE (Both correct answers earn you double points!)
What two things happen at convergent boundaries?
What is oceanic crust is destroyed, and continental crust is smashed together forming mountains?
What should you do if you are indoors during an earthquake?
What is move away from windows and objects that could fall on you and seek shelter in a doorway or under a sturdy table table or desk?
Why was the famous Mount St. Helen's eruption in 1980 so destructive?
What is the volcano exploded sideways?
Where do tsunamis mostly occur?
What is Pacific Islands?
Name the three seismic waves in order as they come.
What is primary waves, secondary waves, and surface waves?
What are two fossils that were found that helped us decide that the continents were once one landmass?
What is Mesosaurus fossils and Glossopteris fossils?
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What is it called when soil is acting like liquid?
What is liquefaction?