Earth
Area of most frequent earthquakes and volcano eruptions on Earth.
Ring of Fire
Magma that gets on the Earth´s surface.
Lava
Wave caused by earthquake under water.
Tsunami
Famous active European volcano places on Sicily island
Etna
Area in the Czech Republic where man-induced earthquakes take place
Ostravsko
Place were hot water gets on surface in strong splash.
Geyser.
Typical temperature of lava.
800 - 1200 degrees of Celsius.
Scale that measures the size of earthquakes.
Richter scale.
American volcanic islands liying in the Pacific ocean.
Hawaii
Japanese "holly" volcano.
Mount Fuji.
The Earth layer closest to the surface, consisting of slowly moving plates.
Lithosphere, Earth´s crust
Type of volcano that makes (lies beneath) the Yellowstone park.
Supervolceno.
Maximum speed of waves caused by earthquake.
800 km/h
Famous ancient city in southern Italy destroyed by eruption of volcano.
Pompeii
Volcanic island in the north Atlantic.
Iceland
Place on Ocean bed where hot springs feed life living without oxygen.
Black smokers
Type of volcano that erupts strongly once in long period of time and has conic shape.
Stratovolcano
How many times stronger is the earthquake of magnitude 8 than of magnitude 5.
Thousand times.
Volcano that destroyed the ancient city in southern Italy.
Vesuv
Town or area in the Czech Republic that enjoys strongest earthquakes.
Cheb(sko)
Name of the scientist who came with the theory of continentas slowly moving.
Alfred Wegener
Flow of mud caused by volcano eruption.
Lahar
Which human activity can cause an earthquake.
Mining
Biggest volcano in Solar system
Olympus Mons
Name of the boundary of two tectonic plates in California (L.A.) that is the cause of very powerfull earthquakes.
San Andreas