Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Front

The center point on the surface of an earthquake represented by letter R is called what?

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Epicenter

Front

What type of boundary is the San Andreas? Options: Convergent, Transform, Optimus Prime, Divergent

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Transform

Front

Where is the point at which the first movement occurs during an earthquake? Reperesented by letter S. Options: Epicenter, Focus, Fault, Plate

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Focus

Front

What is a break in the rock layers called?

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Fault

Front

Which scale measures the intensity of the ground movement? Options: Mercalli Scale, Richter Scale, Seismogram Scale, Bernoulli Scale

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Richter Scale

Front

In this image we have magma rising to the surface and exiting in small amounts. A volcanic mountain has not yet formed. What do we call this?

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Hot Spot

Front

Mountains made of huge rocks separated from other rocks by faults are ____ mountains.

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fault-block

Front

What is the difference between magma and lava?

Back

lava is magma but it is on the surface of the Earth

Front

When a rock is under stress and changes shape, what is this called?

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Deformation

Front

Subduction

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one plate goes beneath another