Faults
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Magnitudes
Types of Volcanoes
100

Occurs when rocks move horizontally (side to side) past each other

Strike-Slip fault


100

Hot springs occur in areas where water is heated by ____.

Hot magma

100

This is the center point of an earthquake directly above the focus

epicenter

100

How do you measure magnitude

the Richter Scale

100

Why do volcanoes have more than 1 type of eruption

because the first eruption can change the conditions of a volcano making it have a different eruption next time

200

Occurs when rocks push together forcing a section of rock upward

Thrust or reverse fault

200

Volcanic fog is called

VOG

200

Vibrations of energy that flow from the focus of an earthquake are called

seismic waves

200

This detects the time and movement of earth during a quake

seismograph

200

Why can a volcano erupt in China and 1,000 miles away - in a different country - ash covers towns and makes people sick

volcanic dust and ash can travel far

300

Occurs when rocks move apart forming a gap

Normal fault

300

These 2 occurances can cause a volcanic eruption

hot spot & heated magma rising to the surface

300

These 3 things can cause an earthquake

1.molten rock moving under a volcano, 

2. buildup and release of energy when two surface plates move or shift, 

3.when large amounts of earth are removed or added.

300

beginning point of a quake

focus

300

This volcano is expected to erupt again within the next 5 years. It has a bowl-like crater and only one vent

active cinder cone volcano


(cinder: ash and lava)

400

The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates

Theory of Plate Tectonics


400

what is the avalanche-like emission of red-hot dust and gases from a volcanic eruption, killed the people of Pompeii?

pyroclastic flow

400

What are the fast moving waves below earths surface called?

Name them.

body waves

P waves(primary waves) and S waves(secondary waves)

400

Magma that gets to the earths surface is called

lava

400

this is a large volcano that is layered showing different types of lava flow but it is currently inactive

dormant composite volcano

(Composite volcanoes are made of layers of harden lava and tephra, a mixture of cinders, ash and rock.)

500

The area around the Pacific ocean where many volcanoes are

The Ring of Fire

500

This is a danger caused by volcanoes when part of a mountain collapses causing mud and rock to surge down it

debris flow

500

What are the slow destructive waves on the surface called?

Name them.

surface waves

Love waves and Rayleigh waves.

500

Country that holds the world record for large earrhquakes

Chile

500

this is a large gradually sloping volcano with mild eruptions and continuous flow of lava

active shield volcano


(Shield volcanoes are formed by continual flow of lava).