Earth science part 3 Midterm

Seismic waves that travel along Earth's surface and produce severe ground movements are surface waves.

Earthquake damage can be reduced by making buildings flexible.

During an earthquake, seismic waves move outward from the focus in all directions.

The violent shaking of an earthquake turns soft soil into sludge.

Magma travels through a long tube or pipe that connects the magma chamber to the surface of Erarth.

Geologists use a tiltmeter to measure the tilting of the ground along a fault line.

A building designed to reduce the amount of energy that reaches the building during an earthquake is called...

Dissolved minerals trapped in magma under tremendous pressure provide the force for volcanic eruption.

Before lava reaches the surface it is called volcanic ash.

Which of the following can cause damage days or months after a large earthquake?

Magma flows upward through cracks in the ground because

Fault monitoring device most like a carpenter's level is a ---

In volcanic areas, groundwater heated by a magma is a source of

Type of seismic wave that arrives at the surface first and move by compressing and expanding ground like and accordion

The Richter scale describes the effect of an earthquake on people, buildings, and land at a given spot.

The long tube in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface is called...

If the Coast Guard warns of a giant wave after an earthquake, that means a -- is coming.

The best way to protect yourself in an earthquake is to...

Volcanic activity on Neptune's moon Triton involves eruptions not of magma, but of liquid nitrogen.

What does a seismograph record?

A dike forms when magma forces itself between rock layers and hardens

Because Mercury, Venus, and Mars are smaller than Earth and their cores have cooled, scientists think...

Tall, cone shaped mountains in which layers of lava alternate with layer of ash are...

Point beneath Earth's surface where rock breaks under stress and triggers an earthquake is called the...

Which one monitors a fault by bouncing radio waves off the ground?

When groundwater heated by magma rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool, it is called a ...

When an earthquake occurs, S waves are the first to arrive at a location.

Which scale would most likely tell how much earthquake damage was done to people?

If geologists detect many small earthquakes near a volcano, they can infer it will probably erupt soon.

With the range of data available, geologists cannot predict exactly where and when earthquakes will occur.

A quiet eruption may produce slow moving, cooler lava called....

What type of earthquake can travel through both liquid and solid?

The risk of earthquakes is high along the Pacific coast of the US because ..

Volcanic belts form along the boundaries of Earth's plates.

Smooth surfaces on Earth's moon that are visible from Earth are..