Tectonic Plates
True or False:
Tectonic plates are responsible for earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis.
True
What are the 3 types of volcanoes?
Shield, Stratovolano, and cinder cone
Describe a mold fossil.
A mold fossil preserves the contours of the fossils surface.
Which wave comes first?
Primary waves
Moosh
what tectonic plate is located under Africa?
African Plate
Explain the harms of pyroclastic flows.
They are fast, resulting in knocking down, shattering, bury, or burning anything in its path.
True or false:
Finding sealife in a desert means that the desert used to be under water.
True
Which wave does the most destruction?
Secondary waves.
What is Ms. Spadafinos favorite designer brand?
Prada
What is the smallest tectonic plate?
Juan de Fuca Plate
What type type of eruption blows itself up?
Plinian
How old is the oldest fossil?
3 Billion years old.
What is the origin of an earthquake?
The focus
What is Ms. Spadafinos favorite BTS member?
Jimin
What are the 3 types of stress on the lithosphere and the Asthenosphere?
Tensional stress, Compression stress, and Shear stress
What is the most active volcano?
Kilauea
What does fossil mean in Latin?
To dig
Which wave travels through liquids, gases, and solids?
Primary waves
Whats is Ms. Spadafinos favorite Mavel character?
Deadpool
What would happen on a divergent Continental vs Continental plate boundary?
A new lithosphere would be created because it fell apart
(EX: East Africa rift valley, and the red sea.
In the model Magma activity, What was the difference between room temp. and heated model magma?
Heated magma expanded and was more liqudy and would have done more damage.
room temp. had more viscosity, and was a lot more dense and less liquidy.
Who discovered the first fossil?
William Buckland
Magnitude is related to the ______ of a earthquake.
Magnitude
Who is Ms. Spadafinos favorite student in 5th period?
No one, she dislikes us all equally :)