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Another name for an earthquake's strength
What is magnitude
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Most earthquakes happen at the edges of
What are tectonic plates
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Thick, pudding like lava has a high
What is viscosity
100
The volcanoes of Hawaii and other place far from tectonic plates boundaries are known as
What are hot spots
100
Volcanoes are most likely to form
What is along plate boundaries
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The kind of deformation that leads to earthquakes
What is elastic deformation
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Calm lava flows can be seen during this type of eruption
What is nonexplosive
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A large depression that forms when the magma chamber partially empities
What is a caldera
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Molten rock deep underground often gathers in
What is a magma chamber
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Can travel through solids, liquids, and gases
What are primary seismic waves
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The waves of energy from earthquakes that travel through Earth
What are seismic waves
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Forms when lava erupts underwater
What is a shield volcano
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Waves of energy that travel thourgh the inside of Earth are called
What are body waves
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Forms when magma explodes into the air and hardens
What is pyroclastic material
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The fastest seismic waves
What are P waves
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The epicenter of an earthquake is the point on Earth's surface directly above the
What is earthquake's focus
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This type of volcano has steep slopes
What is a cinder cone volcano
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The waves that can not travel through liquids
What are S waves
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If this particular content of magma is high, an explosive eruption will most likely occur
What is water
500
The most destructive seismic waves
What are surface waves
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The scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake
What is Richter magnitude
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A combination of exlosive and nonexplosive eruptions will create this tyope of volcano
What is a composite volcano
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Movement of one tectonic plate under another
What is subduction
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Volcano activity is common along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge where this type of boundary lies
What is a divergent boundary