Earth's Structure
The layer of Earth that can be oceanic or continental.
What is the crust?
The S in S-waves stands for this.
What are "Secondary" waves?
Location around the perimeter of the Pacific plate known for volcanic and earthquake activity.
What is the Ring of Fire?
The P in P-wave stands for this.
What are "Primary" waves?
Type of plate boundaries where mountains form.
What are convergent plate boundaries?
The depth of the mantle.
What is 2900km thick?
Scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale?
What is pyroclastic flow?
Large wave created by an underwater earthquake.
What is a tsunami?
Tallest mountain range in the world.
What are the Himalayas?
The outer core is made up of this.
What is liquid iron and nickel?
A crack in Earth's crust.
What is a fault?
A volcano that is not currently erupting, but is expected to erupt again in the future.
What is a dormant volcano?
These seismic waves do the most damage.
What are Surface Waves?
Top of curves in mountain folds.
What are anticlines?
Made up of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
Order that seismic waves hit.
What are P wave, S wave, Surface Waves?
Used to measure the magnitude of an eruption.
What is the VEI index?
Instrument used to record seismic waves.
What is a seismograph?
Bottom of curves in mountain folds.
What are synclines?
The temperature of the inner core.
What is 6000oC
Two types of surface waves.
What are Love and Rayleigh waves?
Explosive type of volcano, often with multiple vents.
What is a stratovolcano?
Difference in strength between a 5.0 and 2.0 earthquake.
What is 1000x stronger?
Spanish for mountain range.
What is "cordillera"?