Volcanoes Flashcards
fault
a place where plates meet.
ring of fire
an jarea in the pacific ocean where a lot of earthquakes and volcanoes erupt.
transform / strike-slip
the fault that is parallel to another fault.
divergent / normal
where two plates move apart.
convergent / reverse
A fault where two plates go together.
P-waves
type of seismic waves that are the first to be detected.
S-waves
a type of seismic waves that are the second to be detected .
epicenter
the area right above where the actual earthquake happened
focus
also called the hypo center it is where the waves from the earthquake go all over earth.
Richter Scale
The scale used to measure the size of an earthquake
explosive volcano
It is a volcano that explodes.
nonexplosive volcano
a volcano that does not erupt normally.
Krakatoa
is a island with a volcano on it in indonesia
Yellowstone supervolcano
it is a super volcano in Yellowstone
San Andreas fault
it is a fault line that runs through California that a lot of earthquakes tend to happen.
