Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes Vocabulary Review

Question 1

The process by which ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle

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Subduction

Question 2

A steep, cone-shaped mountain, made of ash, cinders, and bombs built up around the vent

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Cinder cone volcano

Question 3

The second waves to arrive in an earthquake. They vibrate from side to side and up and down.

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S waves

Question 4

The final waves to arrive in an earthquake. They produce severe ground movements.

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Surface waves

Question 5

A normal fault is caused by

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Tension, Rocks being pulled apart in Earth's crust

Question 6

An earthquake that occurs after a larger earthquake in the same area

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Aftershock

Question 7

The Ring of Fire, a major volcanic belt, rims the

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Pacific Ocean

Question 8

A tall, cone-shaped mountain, made of alternating layers of lava and ash

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Composite volcano

Question 9

The three types of stress are

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Tension, compression, shearing

Question 10

I am at the center of some ridges, and lava pours out of my cracks. What am I?

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A rift valley

Question 11

The first waves to arrive in an earthquake. They compress and expand the ground.

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P waves

Question 12

The three types of plate boundaries are

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Divergent, convergent, transform

Question 13

A supercontinent formed 300 million years ago

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Pangaea

Question 14

The theory of continental drift states that

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All continents used to be one landmass, but since separated., All countries, no matter where, are beautiful and lovable!

Question 15

A strike-slip fault is caused by

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Plates moving past each other, Shearing

Question 16

A wide, gently sloping mountain, made of thin, hardened lava layers that pour out of a vent

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Shield volcano

Question 17

Magma that reaches the surface

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Lava

Question 18

A German scientist who developed the theory of continental drift

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Alfred Wegener

Question 19

Heat transfer by the movement of currents within a fluid

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Convection

Question 20

A reverse fault is caused by

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Compression, Rocks being pushed together in Earth's crust

Questions 20