Earthquakes
What is fault?
Large, steep-sided volcanoes composed of high silica magma along convergent boundaries are
What are composite volcanoes?
These are waves that can only travel through solids. They are the second to arrive.
What are S-Waves?
The scale that is based on evaluation of damage.
What is Mercalli Scale?
What effect does volcanic ash in the atmosphere produce (2)
What is reduced global temperature and blocking of sunlight?
The point in Earth's interior where the energy release of an earthquake occurs is the
What is focus?
In what way do volcanic eruptions affect the climate?
What is decrease global temperature?
What is the location on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus?
What is epicenter?
98% of earthquakes occur near these.
What are plate boundaries?
A reverse fault occurs where forces pull two blocks of rock apart. At which plate boundary does this occur?
What is convergent plate boundary?
What seismic wave arrives third and creates the most amount of damage
What is surface wave?
What makes up volcanic ash?
What is pulverized rock and glass?
What is a seismometer?
In what ways doe volcanic eruptions affect the climate?
What is decrease in global temperatures?
Where does a strike-slip fault occur?
What is transform plate boundary?
Few earthquakes occur in the middle of continental plates because
What is the eruption style of a shield volcano?
What is lava flow?
A scale that measures energy release in an earthquake?
What is Richter Scale?
What is a positive effect of volcanic eruptions?
What is nutrient rich soil and rock?
Where do cinder cone volcanoes occur?
What is divergent plate boundary?
Secondary waves __________ when they hit the liquid outer core.
What is stop?
How does the amount of silica content change the viscosity of magma? How does this affect the flow of the magma?
What is low silica leads to low viscosity and a faster rate of flow?
Or
What is high silica leads to high viscosity and a slower rate of flow?
What is viscosity?
What is the amount of water vapor and other gases trapped in the magma?
What is the magma chemistry of a shield volcano?
What is low silica, low viscosity?