GEO VOCAB

Question 1

What is the innermost and hottest part of Earth?

Answer 1

Core

Question 2

What is the next innermost part of Earth after the crust

Answer 2

Mantle

Question 3

What is the term used when a more dense plate slides under another less dense plate?

Answer 3

Subduction

Question 4

What is another name for a plate boundary?

Answer 4

Fault line

Question 5

Where does the stress/tension at the plate boundary get released?

Answer 5

At a point of weakness

Question 6

What does the Richter Scale measure?

Answer 6

It measures the largest wiggle amplitude of the seismograph recording.

Question 7

What is the term for when two plates slide past each other and push together?

Answer 7

Transformation

Question 8

What is another term for weathering down?

Answer 8

Erosion

Question 9

What is the first wave to be detected by a seismograph during an earthquake?

Answer 9

Primary waves

Question 10

What is the second wave to be detected by a seismograph during an earthquake?

Answer 10

Secondary waves