Volcanoes
What is the most destructive type of volcano?
Statovolcanoes
Where is a hanging wall always located(above or below the ...... )
hint: not the foot wall
The Fault
What are waves of energy that travel through earth called?
Seismic waves
What is an Conduit?
An underground passage through which magma travels to the surface.
Who is a volcanologist?
A person who studies volcanoes (a geologist that specializes in volcanoes)
What is the deadliest type of volcano.
Stratovolcanoes
What tool do we use today to measure and record seismic waves?
The Seismograph
After an earthquake, what might cause more damage to structures?
Aftershocks
What are the 3 types of material that come out of a volcano
Gas, Lava, and Tephra
What is viscosity.
The measure of fluid's resistance to flow.
What type of volcano has liquid lava flows, broad, and flat cone of lava.
Shield Volcanoes
What are waves of energy that travel through earth called?
Seismic waves
Volcanoes and Earthquake usually occur along .......?
What is Ejecta?
What comes out of a volcano.
How do Tusami's form
When movement below water begins when energy(typically from earthquakes) moves through the water, and when the ocean depth get shallower the tsunami is created.
What type of eruption has slow moving lava, example: Hawaii
Effusive
What is an Earthquake
The shaking and trembling of the Earth's surface caused by the sudden release of energy, near faults.
What is the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point?
Epicenter
What is a Lahar?
A mudslide, water, mud, running down the side of a volcano destroying everything in its path.
What is the name of Krakatau child?
Anak Krakatau
What is Ejecta
What comes of a volcano
What country had the largest earthquake recorded?
Chile
What is the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins?
Focus
What is Tephra?
Airborne particles of rock and ash, formed by an explosive volcanic eruption. Can go for miles into the atmosphere.
Why was Krakatoa able to kill people miles away with a body of water between them.
Because the gases in the pyroclastic flow could go hundreds of miles per hour over the water because it was lighter than the water.