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Question 1

transform fault

Answer 1

plates slide past one another along this transform

Question 2

subduction fault

Answer 2

seafloor slides beneath the continental plate

Question 3

spreading fault

Answer 3

a third major type of fault happens along ocean bottoms

Question 4

difference between magma and lava

Answer 4

Magma is composed of molten rock and is stored in earth’s crust. Lava is magma that reaches the surface of our planet through a volcano vent

Question 5

ben franklin

Answer 5

ben franklin believed earthquakes came from a spark in the ground

Question 6

aristotle

Answer 6

believed that winds in the atmosphere were drawn underground, mixing with fire inside the earth causing explosions

Question 7

plume model

Answer 7

magma wells up from deep mantle- generates a convection current that moves the continental plates

Question 8

plate model

Answer 8

continental plates generate the motion of the mantle by absorbing and reflecting heat, causing a variation in temperature

Question 9

how are volcanoes constructive

Answer 9

hot springs are created, landscapes are created, ash puts nutrients back in the soil, and bosalt is a cleaning agent

Question 10

how are volcanoes destructive

Answer 10

ash contimanates the air causing suffocation,ash covers sun, lowers temp, and causes electrical storms

Question 11

volcanologist

Answer 11

scientist who studies volcanoes

Question 12

geologist

Answer 12

scientist who study the history and structure of the earth

Question 13

shield

Answer 13

flat on top and broadly sloping and lava erupts gently

Question 14

composite

Answer 14

tall and pointed, erupts lava and ash

Question 15

cinder cone

Answer 15

generally smaller and oozes lava at the base of thevolcano

Question 16

how do we classify rocks

Answer 16

texture, color of crystals, composition- solid earht material made of various minerals,igneous rocks, solid earth material that forms when magma or lava cools

Question 17

force

Answer 17

push/pull on an object

Question 18

friction

Answer 18

a force that opposes the motion of objects

Question 19

caldera

Answer 19

large steep sided circular or oval volcanic depression

Question 20

fault

Answer 20

a fracture of bedrock, rocks on opposite sides move

Question 21

convection currents are

Answer 21

a current in a fluid that results from convection

Question 22

when the pressure on rock is greater than the strength of causing it to break, the result is an

Answer 22

earthquake

Question 23

largest fault in the us

Answer 23

new madrid

Question 24

unit of measure in measuring force

Answer 24

newton

Question 25

investing faults

Answer 25

the more friction added the slower it moves

Question 26

how did they move

Answer 26

i think the particles moved up

Question 27

near the upper surface of the jar

Answer 27

it started to dissolve