earthquake

Question 1

ring of fire

Answer 1

the rim as became as know as the ring of fire

Question 2

strike-slip faults

Answer 2

opposing forces cause rock to break and move horizontally

Question 3

normal fault

Answer 3

when rocks are pulled apart because of tension normal faults often form

Question 4

reverse fault

Answer 4

when rocks are pushed together by compression reverse faults often form

Question 5

p waves

Answer 5

a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a back and forth direction

Question 6

s waves

Answer 6

a seismic wave that causes particles of rock to move in a side to side direction

Question 7

epicenter

Answer 7

the point on earths surface directly above an earthquakes starting point or focus

Question 8

focus

Answer 8

the point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs

Question 9

Richter magnitude scale

Answer 9

measuring ground motion

Question 10

explosive volcano

Answer 10

rare indelibly destructive

Question 11

nonexplosive

Answer 11

most common type of eruption produce relatively calm flows of lava

Question 12

Krakatoa

Answer 12

Is a caldera in the sunda strait between Islands of Java and Sumatra in t5he Indonesian province of Lampung.

Question 13

Yellowstone supervolcano

Answer 13

is a volcanic candela

Question 14

san andrenas fault

Answer 14

is a continental transform fault that extends roughly 1,200 km though ca.

Question 15

mid-oceanic ridge

Answer 15

is a sea floor mountain system formed by plate tectonics

Question 16

shield volcano

Answer 16

low profile, it resembles a warriors shield lying on the ground

Question 17

cinder cone volcano

Answer 17

simplest type of volcano built from darticles an blobs of ungeared lower eject from a single vent