Rocks
Is a rock the same as a mineral?
No
What is the name of the theory that states the continents must have drifted apart form a supercontinent?
Continental Drift
What scale is no longer used to measure Earthquakes?
Richter
What is the name for an inactive volcano?
What type of geological activity usually comes before a tsunami?
earthquake
Which of the following is not a type of sedimentary rock?
Classic, chemical, organic, or foliated?
foliated
What is the only result of a transform plate boundary?
earthquake
What is the word for the area underground where rocks rupture causing an earthquake?
the focus
Which type of volcanic eruption results from a build up of water pressure?
Explosive
Name one country that would not experience a tsunami.
anywhere not near an ocean
An igneous rock is formed form what?
lava / magma cooling
What results from an ocean-ocean divergent plate boundary?
Seafloor spreading
What type of seismic wave happens first?
Compressional or P wave
Which type of eruption has slow moving lava that is not very dangerous?
Effusive
What layer of the earth is the hottest?
Inner core
Metamorphic
Name one kind of plate interaction (plate type and movement) that can cause volcanoes?
Ocean - Ocean Convergent
Ocean - Continent Divergent or Convergent
flexible foundations, light-weight materials, reinforced framing, symmetry, counter-weights, anchoring materials, short, wide,
Which type of volcano is characterized by steep sides around a crater and has explosive, violent eruptions ?
Cinder cone
What layer of the earth contains the aesthenosphere?
What is the name of melted rock on the inside of the earth?
Magma
What causes plate tectonics?
Convection currents from temperature difference
What is the best way to prepare for an earthquake?
- tracking seismic waves
- alert systems
- improving building / architecture
evacuation, shelters underground, make gas masks available, having a ready rescue team
Where do convection currents happen?
in the mantle or aesthenosphere