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Terminology
Vulcan's House
Types of Volcanoes
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
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If you are under the earth's surface, you are here.
What is subterranean.
100
The opening of a volcano is referred to by this name.
What is a crater?
100
This is the most common type of volcano.
What is cindercone volcano?
100
A spleeping volcano is called this.
What is dormant.
100
This is the place deep in the crust where the earthquake takes place.
What is the focus?
200
The internal heat of the earth is called this.
What is geothermal.
200
These are found along the Ring of Fire.
What are earthquakes and volcanoes?
200
This volcano does not have steep sides.
What is a shield volcano?
200
Name one of the types of lava.
What is Aa or Pahoehoe?
200
This is the scientific study of earthquakes.
What is seismology?
300
The scientific study of volcanoes goes by this term.
What is volcanology?
300
In a pyroclastic eruption one of these characteristics will be present.
What is speed, solid and semi-solid material, or gasses.
300
This type of volcano is not explosive.
What is shield volcano?
300
This volcano in Washington names after a saint is an example of an explosive eruption.
What is Mt. Saint Helens?
300
The seismograph measures this.
What is the power or intensity of the earthquake?
400
The scientific study of the earth is called this.
What is seismology?
400
Earthquakes are measured by these two types of scales.
What are the Richter and Mercalli scales?
400
This volcano type is always explosive.
What is a strato or composite volcano?
400
The Ring of Fire is mainly found here.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
400
The San Andreas fault system is where these two plates meet.
What are the Pacific and N. American plates?
500
Hot molten mantle goes by this name.
What is magma.
500
There are 3 types of earthquake waves. These move the fastest.
What are P waves?
500
Magma pushes up under a volcano creating a floor called this.
What is a caldera?
500
An opening in the side of a volcano is called this.
What is a vent?
500
The Hawaiian Islands were formed by these in the Pacific Ocean.
What is a hot spot or plume?