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Not My Fault!
Volcanoes & Theories
Earthquakes
Vulcan Dynamics
Live Long and Prosper
100
A reverse fault is similar to this type of stress or tectonic boundary.
What is converge or compression?
100
This is the name for the supercontinent.
What is Pangea?
100
An instrument used to measure earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
100
The Hawaiian Island is a volcano ___________.
What is hotspot?
100
There are an estimated ______________ earthquakes in the world each year.
What is 500,000?
200
A "normal fault" is similar to this type of stress or tectonic boundary.
What is divergent or tension?
200
This German scientist authored a book on the Continental Drift Theory.
Who is Alfred Wegner?
200
Earthquakes can be measured using this scale, which measures total energy released.
What is the moment magnitude scale?
200
These are created as a plate continually moves over a hot spot.
What is island arc or volcanic chain?
200
Only this many Earthquakes each year cause damage.
What is 100?
300
Strike-slip faults are similar to this type of stress or tectonic boundary.
What is transform or shearing?
300
This theory stated that Pangaea split and the pieces drifted into their present day location and will continue to move.
What is Continental Drift Theory?
300
Earthquake damage is measured using this scale.
What is Mercalli scale?
300
This type of volcanism occurs when an oceanic plate is forced underneath another plate.
What is subduction zone volcanism?
300
Every object has an ____________ limit.
What is elastic?
400
The point at which the crack first begins in the crust.
What is hypocenter?
400
List the four types of volcanoes.
What is strato, cinder, lava dome, and shield?
400
Earthquakes are measured for magnitude on this scale.
What are the Richter?
400
This type of volcanic activity occurs when plates diverge in the middle of the ocean.
What is spreading center volcanism?
400
When an object's shape is changed by tension or strain.
What is plastic deformation?
500
The location on the surface, directly above the center of the Earthquake, is known as this.
What is epicenter or focus?
500
These 7 continents used to be a part of Pangea.
What is Africa, Eurasia, South American, North America, Australia, Antarctica, and INDIA.
500
Earthquakes can be measured using these two types of waves.
What is P-wave and S-wave?
500
This is the fancy name for "hotspot volcano."
What is intra-plate volcanism?
500
____________ energy builds up at the fault lines AND when the rocks at the fault line crack _________ waves are released.
What is elastic energy and seismic waves?