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tension stress at divergent boundaries.
What is a normal fault?
The measurement of an earthquake's strength based on seismic waves and movement along faults.
What is magnitude?
A weak spot in the Earth's crust where magma comes to the surface
What is a volcano?
The place where magma is stored
What is the magma chamber?
Term used to describe a volcano that is no longer active
What is extinct?
shearing stress at transform boundaries.
What is a strike slip fault?
The shaking that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.
What is an earthquake?
A molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases, and water from the mantle
What is magma?
What is the pipe?
Another way of saying a "sleeping" volcano
What is dormant?
compression stress at convergent boundaries.
What is a reverse fault?
This helps geologists pinpoint future earthquakes
What is an epicenter?
Liquid magma that reaches the surface
What is lava?
The places where lava escapes the crust
What is a side or central vent?
Type of volcanic rock that forms underwater
What is pillow lava?
a fold in rock that bends upwards making a mountain
What is an anticline?
The number of points needed to determine an epicenter.
What is 3 points?
An area where lava frequently erupts at the surface
What is a hot spot?
Finest particles of lava
What is ash?
Type of volcano that collapses on its self
What is a caldera?
a fold in rock that bends downward making a valley
What is a syncline?
There are 3 types of seismic waves, they are
What are P, S, and Surface waves?
Area on Earth where earthquakes and volcanoes form
What is the Ring of Fire?
Name a kind of volcano
What is a cinder cone volcano?
What is a composite volcano?
What is a shield volcano?
Large chunks of hardened lava
What are bombs?