Plates
How many tectonic plates are there?
13
What do you call the height of a mountain summit above sea level?
Elevation
What are small quakes that follow severe quakes?
Aftershocks
What is AA lava?
carries sharp rocks, cools and builds up quickly
What is caused by the movement of the plates?
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
What do you call the height of a mountain from its base to its summit?
Actual Height
What is the center of an earthquake on the earth's surface?
Epicenter
What type of lava forms a smooth skin on top with hot lava flowing underneath?
Pahoehoe
What is the name of the original landmass at the time of creation?
Rodinia
How is a depositional mountain formed?
By the movement of rocks, sand, ash, etc from one place to another
Where do most earthquakes occur?
Along the plate boundaries
What is the definition of a dormant volcano?
Has not erupted in 50 years but is expected to someday in the future.
What is the name of the landmass that formed during the Flood and then broke apart after the Flood into the continents we have today?
Pangaea
Erosional Mountain
What is a seismograph?
Measures the origin and intensity of an earthquake
What type of volcano has gently sloping sides and mostly only lava is emitted?
Shield volcano
What is the theory that the earth's crust is broken into several large pieces floating on the earth's mantle?
Plate Tectonics
True or False: Fold and Fault Mountains are how most mountains are formed
True.
How does the Richter scale measure the strength of an earthquake?
What 5 things can a volcano emit? 100 points for each correct answer
Lava, Ash, Cinders, Bombs, Gases