Earthquke And Vocano Flashcards
A vibration caused by an earthquake
Seismic wave
An instrument that detects and records vibration
Seismometer
An instrument that detects and records earthquakes shows seismic waves as curvy lines along a graph
Volcano occurs at openings in the earth’s
Crust
Volcano occurs at openings in the earth’s
Crust
Volcano can affect pants by ____________________ the pants
Killing
______________________ can help plants grow
Volcanic soil
__________________is a sunken shaking of the earth’s crust
Earthuake
Sunend movement along a ____________ is what causes
Earthquakes
Fault
An ocean earthquake may cause a _____________________________
Tsunami
_________________________ is a line of weakness in rock
Fault
Giveing people advance notice of earthquake and volcano can help
Keep them
Safe
Natural hazards have helped scientists understand more about the
Earth’s ____________________
Structure
Bridges building and roads were wrecked because of the
_____________________ earthquake
San Francisco
____________________ affected people by destroying
250 homes
Mount sainttlelens
Earthquake affects the environment by knocking down trees and causing
_________________________
Land slides
Volcano affects the environment by ____________________the air
Polluting
Volcano affects the environment by animals losing their
__________________habitats
Volcano affects the environment by the hot __________can burn
Forests
Lava
__________________ is a mountain that Builds up around an
Opening in the earth’s crust
Volcano
