Earth Science: Chapter 6 & 7 (Earthquakes and Volcanoes)

Volcanoes, island arcs, and hot spots form from magma seeping through the crust.

A ___________ is a bowl shaped area at the top of a volcano where magma erupts out of the volcano.

What type of stress pushes masses of rock to slide past each other?

Which scale is used to measure the level of damage at a given location due to an earthquake?

Beneath a volcano, magma collects in a pocket called a _________________.

Which scale is used to measure the total energy released by an earthquake?

The point on the surface directly above the focus is called the ___________.

Which seismic waves are the first to arrive and can travel through both the solid and liquid parts of Earth's layers?

What TWO phenomenons/landforms are a result of tension and normal faults?

What TWO phenomenons/landforms are a result of compression and reverse faults?

Magma moves upward in a volcano through a ___________ in the ground that connects the magma chamber to Earth's surface.

What are the two types of volcanic eruptions?

Which scale is used to measure the size of seismic waves from an earthquake?

What is an earthquake?

What is the Ring of Fire?

What type of stress pulls on the crust, stretching rock so that it becomes thinner in the middle?

What three stages of volcanic activity do scientists classify volcanoes in?

What type of fault is a result of compression on Earth's crust?

What is magma?

What type of fault is a result of shearing on Earth's crust?

Earthquakes are measured on a scale of ________.

Which seismic waves arrive second and can only travel through the solid parts of Earth's layers?

What type of fault is a result of tension on Earth's crust?

In regards to Earth Science, what is stress on Earth's crust?

The area beneath Earth's surface where rock that is under stress breaks, triggering an earthquake is called the _______

What is a volcano?

Which seismic waves move slowly but produce severe ground movements that can shake buildings?

What type of stress squeezes rock until it folds or breaks?

What is lava?

What TWO phenomena/landforms are a result of shearing and strike-slip faults?