What is above the focus.Where is the epicenter located?
What is above the focus.
200
Clastic sedimentary rock can be _____ grained or ______ grained
What is coarse/fine
200
What is the rigid upper part of the mantle?
What is the lithosphere.
200
The mid-atlantic ridge is an example of what type of plate boundary?
What is divergent.
200
What are the three types of volcanoes?
What is shield cone, cinder cone, composite.
200
What is the most destructive wave type?
What is the most destructive wave type?What is surface waves.
300
Chemical sedimentary rock is formed when ________.
What is solutions of dissolved minerals and water.
300
Where is the plate located?
What is above the asthenosphere.
300
Japan is an example of what plate boundary type?
What is convergent (ocean-ocean)
300
What is composite.
What is the most common type of volcano?
300
Which is faster, P waves or S waves?
What is P waves.
400
Organic sedimentary rock is formed from _______.
What is remains from animals.
400
What is a convection current?
What is the transfer of heat through water or air currents.
400
What plate has all three types of plate boundaries at once?
What is Juan de Fuca plate.
400
What is a hot spot?
What is a crack in the crust with a lava plume beneath it that moves along the crust forming a chain of volcanoes.
400
What is the S-P interval?
What is the time between when the P waves hit the seismogram and when the S waves hit the seismogram.
500
Crystallization is ________.
What is when like atoms form together and make bigger atoms.
500
What is the theory of plate tectonics?
What is the theory that convection cells in the asthenosphere move the lithospheric plates. This results in divergent, transform, and convergent boundaries where subduction occurs.
500
What features could a divergent boundary form?
What is rift valley or mid-ocean ridge.
500
Felsic magma is high in _____, ________, and _________.
What is pressure, silica, and dissolved gases.
500
When does elastic rebound occur?
When is stress build up from friction in the crust becomes too great causing a release of energy as the deformed crust tries to snap back into its original shape.