Earthquakes & Volcanoes

Front

______ are the vibrations of the Earth produced by the rapid release of energy in the lithosphere. Options: Foci, Epicenters, Earthquakes, Faults

Back

Earthquakes

Front

Where is an earthquake the strongest? Options: Epicenter, Fault, Focus

Back

Epicenter

Front

What are interactions of the Earth's rigid lithospheric plates as they slide slowly over the asthenosphere?

Back

plate tectonics

Front

Convergent= crust is ___

Back

destroyed

Front

Transform= crust is ___ nor ___. Options: neither created nor destroyed, created, destroyed

Back

neither created nor destroyed

Front

Divergent= crust can be ___

Back

created

Front

225 million years ago, there was a "super continent named___"

Back

Pangaea

Front

The 3 plate boundaries are ___, ___, and ___. Options: convergent, transform, divergent

Back

convergent, transform, divergent