Hurricanes and Tornadoes
The calm, low pressured center of the hurricane.
What is the eye?
This the region around the pacific ocean is known for having a lot of volcanoes
what is the ring of fire?
This is where earthquakes happen most often
what are plate boundaries?
This fault is created by transform boundaries
what is strike slip?
Name of the region of US states that have the majority of tornadoes
Tornado Alley
This is the part of the volcano where lava and smoke exit
What is the crater?
This type of stress is caused by transform boundaries
what is shear stress?
This is the actual location underground of the earthquake's origin
What is the focus?
Pressure system that causes droughts
what is a high pressure system?
This type of volcano is made up of alternating layers of ash and solidified lava
what is a composite volcano?
This plate boundary is when plates move away from each other
what is a divergent boundary?
This is the scale that measures damage to cities
What is the Modified Mercali Scale?
Rotating bodies of air moving upward due to unequal surface heating
What is a cyclone?
The Hawai'ian Islands are an example of this type of volcanism
what is hot spot volcanism?
This fault is caused by tension stress
What is a normal fault?
This type of wave is slower and cannot travel through liquids
what is an s-wave?
This season marks intense changes in weather, including more rainfall in the winter
el Nino/La Nina
This is a cloud of hot gas that travels quickly down the slope of a volcano
what is a pyroclastic flow?
This type of wave travels the fastest and is observed first
what is a P-Wave?
This is the location above ground where the earthquake started
what is the epicenter?