Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Boundaries
Faults
Vocab
100

What is lava called before is reaches Earth's surface?

Liquid Hot Magma


100

What is the shaking and trembling beneath Earth's surface from the movement of rock called?

Earthquakes


100

What is the vocab word for this definition: a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume?

Stress


100

What type of fault is this?


Reverse Fault (convergent / compression)

100

What is the vocab word to this definition: a volcano with lava coming out of it?

Active


200

Where do the rarest volcanoes form, like the ones in Hawaii?

Hot spots

200

The magnitude of an earthquake is a number that rates the earthquakes _______________.

Size

200

How many seismic stations do you need to find the epicenter of an earthquake?

3


200

What type of fault is shown below?


Strike-Slip Fault

200

What is the vocab word to this definition: a volcano with an empty magma chamber?

Extinct


300

What type of volcano has both quiet and explosive eruptions marked by layers of ash/cinder and lava flows?

Composite Volcanoes


300

What is an instrument used to record and measure an earthquakes seismic waves?

seismograph


300

Where is the Ring of Fire located?

Around the edges or faults of the Pacific Ocean.


300

What type of stress is associated with each type of fault below?

Word Bank: Tension, Shearing, Compression

A = Compression (Convergent / Reverse Fault)

B = Tension (Divergent / Normal Fault)

C = Shearing (Transform / Strike-Slip Fault)

300

What is the vocab word to this definition: A sleeping volcano that could possible erupt in the future?

Dormant


400

Name the type of eruption with each silica content.

Low silica (think and runny)= 

High silica (think and sticky) = 

Low silica (think and runny)=  Quiet

High silica (think and sticky) = Explosive

400

Which seismic waves causes the most damage?

Surface Waves


400

What type of boundary do Island Arcs form at?

Convergent plate boundary


400

What plate boundary is associated with each of the following fault types?

Word Bank: Divergent, Convergent, Transform

Reverse Fault = Convergent (Compression)

Normal Fault = Divergent (Tension)

Strike-Slip Fault = Transform (Shearing)

400

What is the vocab word to this definition: the thickness of a liquid?

Viscosity


500

Label each part of the volcano #7, #8, #9, #10 and #11. Circle the part that all volcanoes must have.

Word Bank: Lava Flow, Magma Chamber, Vent, Crater, Pipe

7 = Pipe

8 = Crater

9 = Vent

10 = Lava Flow

11 = Magma Chamber (all volcanoes must have this)

500

What is the difference between the epicenter and the focus of an earthquake?

The epicenter is on the Earth's surface and the focus is far down under the surface. 


500

In which order are seismic waves recorded on a seismograph?


1st = P or Primary Waves

2nd = S or Secondary Waves

3rd = Surface Waves or Love and Rayleigh Waves


500

Label each fault with the correct name.

Word Bank: Strike-Slip Fault, Reverse Fault, Normal Fault

A = Reverse Fault (Convergent / Compression)

B = Normal Fault (Divergent / Tension)

C = Strike-Slip Fault (Transform / Shearing)

500

What is the vocab word to this definition: ash, gas and rock that flows down the volcano?

Pyroclastic flow