Earthquakes
The instrument that measures seismic waves.
What is a seismograph?
An opening in Earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava.
What is a volcano?
____________ is a crack in the Earth's crust.
What is a fault?
The that waves that are generated by an earthquake.
What are seismic waves?
A tool used to measure the slope of volcanoes.
What is a tiltmeter?
The _________ is the measure of the energy that is released during an earthquake.
What is magnitude?
The tool used to measure the magnitude of earthquake waves.
What is the Richter Scale?
This volcano has the highest mountain peak in Oregon.
What is Mt. Hood?
The ________ of the Earth move/slide on plastic (wax paper + cornstarch lab) like the layer of the mantle.
What are plates?
The spot where earthquake waves originate.
What is the focus?
What is Mt. Saint Helens?
The _________ theory that states that Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections.
What are plate tectonics?
What are earthquake drills?
The volcano found within Crater Lake of Oregon, the deepest lake in the U.S.
What is Mt. Mazama?
The _______ is the solid, outer layer of the Earth with the crust and the upper part of the mantle.
What is the lithosphere?