dynamic earth
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- 3 type, andesite
- name whose chemical composition is simalar to that both light-colored and dark colored lava?
- shield volcano
- mauna Loa
- shield volcano
- which type of volcano has basalt?
- epicenter
- the point on the earths surface directly above an earthquakes point of origin
- primary wave
- the fastest moving wave, goes through solids liquids and gases, and goes back and forth
- seismograph
- an intsrument that detects and measures seismic waves
- surface wave
- slowest moving wave, it travels through nothing, and it rotates in a circular motion
- 20 years
- the number of earthquakes that cause severe changes in the earths surface
- faulting
- the most common cause of earthquakes
- cinder cone volcano
- explosive, bombs, ash, dust, cinders
- earthquakes
- rising of the land near a fault is a warning signal to predict
- composite volcano
- quiet and explosive, rock particles and lava
- secondary wave
- not as fast as the p wave, it travels through solids, and it rotates from side to side
- San Andres fault
- the name of the major fault line located in California
- richter scale
- the strength of earthquakes measured according to a scale
- focus
- the under ground point of an origin of an earthquake
- shield volcano
- quiet, runny lava
- seismologist
- a scientist who studeis earthquakes
- volcanic ash
- particles the size of rice grains
- cinders
- particles the size of golf balls
- Iceland
- which of the following is located on a major earthquake zone?
- composite volcano
- mount Vesuvius
- cinder cone volcano
- Paricutin
- tsunami
- an earthquake under the ocean floor produces a giant sea wave