WHAT IS IT??
WHAT IS IT?
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Terminology
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What is this?


Anticline

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What is this?


Syncline

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What is the difference magma and lava?

Magma is molten rock within the earth

Lava is molten rock outside the earth

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What do we measure earthquakes with?

Richter Scale. 

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What is weathering?

The breaking down of rock material by chemical or physical means

200

What is this?


Cinder Cone Volcano

200

What is this?


Shield Volcano

200

80% of the world's volcanoes are found at subduction zones. Where are the other 20% found?

Mid ocean ridges and hotspots. 

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What is the focus?

The location within the Earth where the slippage occurs. 

200

What is erosion?

The process where weathered material is moved from one location to another

300

What is this?


Volcanic Bomb

300

What is this opening?


Volcanic crater

300

Volcanoes can be classified by how often they erupt. What are the three classifications?

Active, Dormant, Extinct

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What are the names of the three kinds of seismic waves?

Primary, Secondary, and Surface waves

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What is deposition?

The process where eroded material is left to set

400

What is this?


Pahoehoe Lava flow

400

What is this?


A'a Lava flow

400

What are five things released by volcanoes?

Gasses, Molten lava flows, cinders, ash, bombs, pyroclastic flows, lahar

400

What is an earthquake?

A sudden release of energy in the Earth's crust as materials slide along a fault, creating seismic waves. 

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What is cementation?

The process where small fragments formed in weathering are fused together to make sedimentary rocks

500

What is this?


Lahar

500

What is this?


Composite Volcano

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Why is granitic lava more explosive than basaltic lava?

Granitic lava contains nonmetals and have large amounts of gas. 

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What kind of seismic waves only go through solids?

S wave = secondary waves

500

What is till?

All materials carried and deposited by a glacier