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Seismographs / Fault Identity
Mountains
General
100
The point on the earth's surface directly above the focus
What is the Epicenter
100
______________ scale uses equal divisions to represent equal values
What is Linear
100
True or False: An earthquake with a Richter scale of 1.5 are gentle and usually goes unnoticed except by seismographs
What is True
100
These mountains are formed by the folding of the earth's crust caused by the collision of tectonic plates
What are folded mountains
100
The single plate responsible for the Ring of Fire
What is the pacific Ocean Plate
200
The place where the Earthquake began
What is the Focus of an Earthquake?
200
____________ scale that uses equal divisions to represent multiplying by a specific number
What is logarithmic
200
This demonstrates
What is a Normal Fault
200
Mountain formed by magma pushing up on the Lithosphere without breaking through it
What is a Dome Mountain
200
During a Volcano what is the most dangerous
What is Pyroclastic Material
300
A wave that travels perpendicular to the direction it travels
What is Transverse waves
300
The first seismograph was invented by a __________ mathematician
What is Chinese
300
This is an example of
What is a Strike-Slip Fault
300
Mountain formed by a volcano
What is a Volcanic Mountain
300
Which is the smallest type of volcano
What is Cinder Cones
400
Defection of a wave due to a change in the material through which it is traveling
What is Refraction
400
The Richter scale is a ___________________ scale
What is Logarithmic
400
This is an
What is an Oblique-Slip Fault
400
A mountain formed as a result of the motion of rocks along a dip-slip fault
What is a Fault-block mountain
400
Which volcano is formed completely out of lava
What is Shield Volcano
500
Define a Longitudinal wave
What is a wave that vibrates parallel to the direction it travels
500
A tsunami can travel _______ MPH, but as they encounter shallower water they get taller and slow down.
What is 400-500
500
An earthquake that is magnitude 8 on the Richter scale happens, and then later on, one that is magnitude 4 happens. How much more energy was released in the first earthquake?
What is 32*32*32*32 =1,048,576
500
The Himalaya mountain is an example of ______ mountains
What is folded
500
List the 3 classifications for volcanoes
What are Active, Dormant, Extinct