Earth Quakes And Volanoes

Question 0

S waves move________ through rock

Answer 0

Slowly

Question 1

Longitudinal waves

Answer 1

P waves

Question 2

A large sea wave created by an underwater earthquake, volcanoes or landslide

Answer 2

Tsunami

Question 3

Measures the amount of energy released by an earthquake

Answer 3

Moment magnitude scale

Question 4

Ash, dust, cinders, blocks thrown into air from volcanic eruption

Answer 4

Tephra

Question 5

The movement of the earth’s crust releases stores ________

Answer 5

Energy

Question 6

Break Ina mass of rock along which movement occurs

Answer 6

Fault

Question 7

Wave that cannot travel through liquid

Answer 7

A-waves

Question 8

Example of cinder cone volcano

Answer 8

Para cutin

Question 9

Hawk was made from this area in the middle of a plate

Answer 9

Hot spot

Question 10

Hot fast moving lava

Answer 10

Pahoehoe

Question 11

Example of a transform fault

Answer 11

San-Andrews fault

Question 12

Location beneath the earth’s surface where and earthquake starts

Answer 12

Focus

Question 13

Stress on rock where rocks pulls on the crust stretching rock

Answer 13

Tension

Question 14

Measures the magnitude of earthquakes

Answer 14

Richter scale

Question 15

Molten rock under the earth’s surface

Answer 15

Lava

Question 16

Example of a composite volcano

Answer 16

Mt. Fiji

Question 17

Molten rock under the earth’s surface

Answer 17

Magma