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whose fault is it?
damage
earth parts
volcanos
leftovers
100
movement back and forth with a little motion
What is a strike slip fault?
100
earthquake damage scale
What is the Mercalli Scale?
100
a large flat area elevated high above sea level
What is a plateau?
100
a volcano that is not currently erupting but may erupt in the future.
What is a dormant volcano?
100
the point under the earth's surface where rock breaks triggering an earthquake
What is the focus?
200
part of a normal fault that lies on top
What is a hanging wall?
200
incident that causes damage weeks or months after an earthquake
What is an aftershock?
200
places where earthquakes are likely
What are faults?
200
magma that is forced between layers of rock, and hardens.
What is an intrusion?
200
a huge hole or depression left by a collapsing volcano
What is a caldera?
300
an instrument that records seismic ground movement.
What is a seismograph?
300
drop, cover and hold
What is things you should do in an earthquake?
300
a large body of magma that cools inside the crust
What is a batholith?
300
the earth feature that formed the Hawaiian Islands
What is a hot spot?
300
Seismic waves move out from this point ON the earth's surface
What is the epicenter?
400
giant wave caused by a major earthquake under the ocean
What is a tsunami?
400
a scale used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
What is the richter scale?
400
conjunction of the North American and Pacific plates
What is the San Andreas fault?
400
a volcano with alternating layers of lava and ash
What is a composite volcano?
400
hardened magma that is uplifted causing layers of rock to bend upward
What is a dome mountain?
500
stress that pushes a mass of rock in two opposite directions.
What is shearing?
500
hardened magma in a volcanic pipe.
What is a volcanic neck?
500
area of the United States with a high risk of earthquakes
What is the Pacific Coast?
500
where volcanic belts form
What are the boundaries of the earth's plates?
500
warm water on the surface heated by magma
What is a hot spring?