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Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Earth's center
Crashing Continents
100
If you are told that windows shattered and many objects fell, you know that the _________________ scale is being used
What is MERCALLI
100
Mt Fuji is the best example of this type of volcano
What is COMPOSITE (or STRATOVOLCANO)
100
The thickest layer of Earth
What is MANTLE
100
These crusty sections move in slow motion
What are PLATES
200
The two types of seismic waves
What is P(rimary) and S(secondary)
200
The world's most active volcano
What is KILAUEA (Hawaii)
200
Liquid area that surround earth's center
What is OUTER CORE
200
When plates push against each other
What is CONVERGENT
300
Highest number in the Richter scale
What is 10
300
This American volcano erupted famously in 1980.
What is MT. ST. HELENS
300
A section of Earth's crust and upper mantle
What is PLATE
300
The mid-Atlantic Ridge is a perfect example of these plates
What is DIVERGENT
400
Highest number in the Mercalli Scale
What is 12
400
This volcano erupted in the year 79 AD leaving the town of Pompeii in ashes.
What is VESUVIUS
400
The name of the theory that seafloor spreading and convection currents explain how the plates move
What is PLATE TECTONICS
400
Name of process that forms new ocean crust (2 words)
What is SEAFLOOR SPREADING
500
Instruments that record seismic activity
What is SEISMOGRAPH
500
The best example of a cinder volcano is this one. It erupted, historically, in 1883 and the noise could be heard thousands of miles away.
What is KRAKATOA
500
Plates that slide past one another are called:
What is TRANSFORM boundaries
500
A process that generates the motion of magma, just under the crust, to move the plates.
What is CONVECTION or CONVECTION CURRENTS