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Vocabulary
Waves
Vocabulary 2
Volcanoes
More Volcanoes
100
The trembling and shaking of the Earth's surface
What is an EARTHQUAKE
100
The first to arrive at the epicenter.
What is P WAVES
100
Measures and detects seismic waves.
What is a SEISMOGRAPH.
100
Place on Earth's surface that allows magma and other materials to erupt.
What is a volcano.
100
A sleeping volcano.
What is DORMANT.
200
Earthquake on the ocean floor.
What is TSUNAMIS
200
Can travel through solids, but not liquids and solids.
What are S waves.
200
Scientist who studies earthquakes.
What is a SEISMOLOGIST.
200
Found beneath the Earth's surface. It is a liquid rock.
What is magma.
200
Erupts fairly regulary.
What is ACTIVE.
300
The underground point of origin of an earthquake.
What is the FOCUS
300
Can travel through liquids, solids and gases.
What are P WAVES.
300
A scale that allows scientists to determine earthquake strengh based on many readings.
What is a RICHTER SCALE.
300
Liquid rock that reaches the Earth's surface.
What is LAVA.
300
A volcanoe that is not know to have erupted in modern history.
What is EXTINCT.
400
The above ground point of origin of an earthquake.
What is EPICENTER
400
The type of wave that causes the most damage.
What are SURFACE WAVES.
400
The Richter Scale ranges from 0 to...
What is 10
400
The most destructive and dangerous part of a volcanic eruption. (hint: not lava)
What is VOLCANIC ASH
400
Most volcanoes occur around the area called the...
What is RING OF FIRE (extends nearly all the way around teh edge of the Pacific Ocean).
500
The three types of seismic waves.
What is S waves, P waves and surface waves.
500
Slow moving waves that travel on the surface.
What are SURFACE WAVES.
500
The paper record of waves.
What is a seismogram.
500
The three types of volcanoes.
What are CINDER CONES, SHIELD, AND COMPOSITE.
500
The most famous earthquake in the United States is the ________, located in _________ and is an example of a _________ fault.
What is the SAN ANDREAS FAULT, CALIFORNIA, TRANSVERSE