Earthquakes And Volcano Review Sheet For Test Part 2- 11/20/2014

Question 0

Move slowly through rock

Answer 0

S waves

Question 1

Longitudinal waves

Answer 1

P waves

Question 2

Large sea wave created by an underwater earthquake, volcano, or landslide

Answer 2

Tsunami

Question 3

Measure AMOUNT OF ENERGY released by earthquake

Answer 3

Moment magnitude scale

Question 4

Ash, dust, cinders, blocks thrown into the air from volcanic eruptions

Answer 4

Tephra

Question 5

Movement of earth’s crust releases…

Answer 5

Stored energy

Question 6

Break in a mass of rock along which movement occurs

Answer 6

Fault

Question 7

Cannot travel through liquid

Answer 7

S wave

Question 8

Example of a cinder come volcano

Answer 8

Para cutin

Question 9

Hawaii was made from a

Answer 9

Hot spot (middle of plate)

Question 10

Hot, fast moving lava

Answer 10

Pahoehoe

Question 11

Example of transform fault

Answer 11

San-Andraus fault

Question 12

Location under earth’s surface where earthquakes start

Answer 12

Focus

Question 13

Rocks pull on crust stretching rock

Answer 13

Tension (a stress)

Question 14

Scale that measures MAGNITUDE of earthquakes

Answer 14

Richter scale

Question 15

Molten rock on Earth’s surface

Answer 15

Lava

Question 16

Example of a composite volcano

Answer 16

Mt. Fuji

Question 17

Molten rock UNDER earth’s surface

Answer 17

Magma

Question 18

Location on earth’s surface above focus

Answer 18

Epicenter

Question 19

Volcanoes with:

Broad slopes

Quiet eruptions

Largest volcanoes

Answer 19

Shield volcanoes

Question 20

Transverse waves

Answer 20

S- waves

Question 21

Clouds of tephra with hot gas that move fast

Most dangerous part of a volcanic eruption

Answer 21

Phyroplastic flow

Question 22

Fault cause by tension

Answer 22

Normal fault

Question 23

RATES type of damage and other effects noted by observers

Answer 23

Modified Mercalli scale

Question 24

Slow, chunky lava

Answer 24

AA

Question 25

Rocks are pushed into two opposite directions (what stress?)

Answer 25

Shearing

Question 26

Example of a shield cone volcano

Answer 26

Mauna Loa

Question 27

Wave that looks like a compressed spring

Answer 27

P wave

Question 28

Plate that matches with ring of fire

Answer 28

Pacific plate

Question 29

Rocks are squeezed until they break (type of stress on a rock)

Answer 29

Compression

Question 30

Energy from earthquakes is released as...

Answer 30

Seismic waves

Question 31

Wave that looks like a rope being shaken up and down

Answer 31

S wave

Question 32

Type of eruption where lava erupts in a stream of easily flowing lava

Answer 32

Quiet eruption

Question 33

Fault caused by compression

Answer 33

Reverse Fault

Question 34

Underwater lava

Answer 34

Pillow lava

Question 35

Used to record P waves, S waves, and Surface waves

Answer 35

Seismograph

Question 36

Volcano built from alternating layers of ash, cinders and lava Explosive eruptions

Answer 36

Composite volcano

Question 37

Fault cause by shearing

Answer 37

Strike-slip fault

Question 38

Structure that allows magma to rise to the surface

Answer 38

Pipe (Condult)

Question 39

Waves that move slower than S and P waves but produce larger ground movements (more damage)

Answer 39

Surface waves

Question 40

80% of all volcanoes are located here

Answer 40

Ring of Fire

Question 41

A volcano that is currently erupting or has erupted in the past 10.000 years

Answer 41

Active Volcano

Question 42

Active volcano that's not erupting but is thought to erupt again

Answer 42

Dormant

Question 43

This is connected to the conduit and is a bowl shaped pit at top of volcano

Answer 43

Crater

Question 44

First waves to reach the recording station

Answer 44

P waves

Question 45

Depression at top of volcano caused by shell collapse

Answer 45

Caldera

Question 46

Volcano with steep sides, explosive eruptions of ash and cinders

Answer 46

Cinder cone

Question 47

Occurs in middle of plates & the region where hot rock extends from the mantle

Answer 47

Hot spot

Question 48

Protrusion from extra lava flows

Answer 48

Lava dome

Question 49

Type of eruption when LAVA and HOT GASES are thrown outward (Lava solidifies quickly)

Answer 49

Explosive eruption

Question 50

Has not erupted for 10,000 years and is not expected to erupt again

Answer 50

Extinct

Question 51

Where magma collects

Answer 51

Magma chamber

Question 52

Damage of earthquake depends on...

Answer 52

* Distance between populated areas and the epicenter, * The depth of the focus, and * The physical properties of the surface rocks.

Question 53

Composite, explosive Mt. Fuji

Answer 53

...

Question 54

Shield volcano, quiet eruption, Mona loa

Question 55

Normal- tension

Answer 55

Compression-reverse

Question 56

Shearing- strike- slip

Answer 56

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