Plates | Earthquakes | Volcanoes | Miscellenous | Mr. Connot |
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Strike-Slip Fault
What type of fault occurs when rocks move horizontal?
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Focus
What is the beginning point of an earthquake?
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False
True or False? Magma that breaks through the earth's surface is still called magma.
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Faults
What are breaks in the earth's surface along which rock can move?
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False
True or False?
I have lived in Rapid City my whole life. |
False
True or False? The lithosphere is located beneath the mantle of the earth.
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.True
True or false? Fast moving waves that occur beneath the surface of the earth are called body waves
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False
True or false? Volcanic fog is called smog.
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True
True or False? Vibrations of energy that flow from the focus of an earthquake are called seismic waves.
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Yes
yes or no?
I am married. |
Thrust, or reverse fault
What type of fault occurs when rocks push together, forcing a section of rock upward.
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Surface Waves
What are slower destructive waves that occur on the surface of the Earth?
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Ring of Fire
What is the area around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes occur?
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D. Epicenter
The ______ is the point on the earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
a. mantle b. Rayleigh wave c. magnitude d. epicenter |
25
How old am I?
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Normal fault
What type of fault occurs when rocks move apart, forming a gap?
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Magnitude
Vocab word? The strength of seismic waves of an earthquake is called....
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hot spot
Heated magma rising to the surface
What are two causes that could cause a volcanic eruption?
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False
True or false?
Hot springs occur in places where water is heated by hot lava. |
Red
What color of vehicle do I drive?
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Theory of Plate Tectonics
Vocab word? The idea that the earth's crust is made up of moving plates.
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Richter scale
An earthquake's magnitude can be measured by...
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Pyroclastic flow
Vocab word? An avalanche-like emission of red-hot dust and gases from a volcanic eruption. Killed the people of Pompeii
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active shield volcano
Shape and activity of volcano?
This large, gradually sloping volcano has mild eruptions and a continuous flow of lava. |
Football
Green Bay Packers
Two parts.
What is the best sport in the world? Who is the best NFL team? |