Earthquake
The place where all earthquakes occur.
fault
The type of volcano found at oceanic hot spots.
shield volcano
The device used to detect and measure seismic waves.
seismograph
The location underground where magma accumulates under a volcano.
Magma chamber
The best safety procedure when you are inside a building during an earthquake.
What is to immediately get under a door frame or desk?
A giant ocean wave caused by the movement of the ocean floor.
Tsunami
The type of volcano found at convergent plate boundaries.
strato-volcano
The scale use to measure the earth energy, developed and created in 1935.
Richter Scale Magnitude
A very fast moving, extremely hot cloud of ash and gas created by a volcanic explosion.
pyroclastic flow
What type of earthquake that touches and forcing the tectonic plates to push side to side, it is the creator of some mountains and valleys?
Convergent Boundary
The underground point of origin for an earthquake.
focus
The type of magma that builds shield volcanoes.
basaltic magma
A modified scale, created and developed by an Italian Sciencetist.
Modified Mercalli scale
What do we call the hot and molten rocks thrown out by the eruption that can cause destruction whatever is touches?
Lava
The reason why you cannot predict "when" an earthquake will occur?
Because we cannot measure the energy below the ground before is hits the seismograph.
The location where all earthquake surface waves begin.
epicenter
The type of eruption happens with strato-volcanoes.
intermediate eruptions
In what scale number does this represent,
A rare and disastrous earthquake that could cause catastrophic damage within 1000km from the epicenter.
Scale 9
What is the name of the uppermost part of the volcano where crater can be formed?
Peak
The reason why it is easier to predict approximately when volcanoes will erupt.
Because they give many signs such as gas release, small earthquakes, and increasing ground temperatures.