Analyzing Mountain Sites Flashcard

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What is the measure of the amount of energy released in an earthquake?

Back

Magnitude

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What is the layer of rock beneath the soil called?

Back

Bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Front

What is magma?

Back

Molten rock stored below Earth's surface.

Front

Where do most earthquakes occur?

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In the oceans and along the edges of continents.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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What is causation?

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A relationship where one event causes another to happen.

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

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What is the term for a deep underwater trough created by one plate subducting under another plate at a convergent boundary?

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Subduction zone.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the process in which new oceanic crust forms along a mid-ocean ridge?

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Seafloor spreading.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Front

What is the term for the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake?

Back

Epicenter.

Front

What instrument is used to record the intensity of seismic waves?

Back

Seismograph.

Front

What is the term for the solid outer layer of the Earth?

Back

Lithosphere.