Earthquakes & Volcanoes Edition !

Earthquakes & Volcanoes Edition!

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Volcanoes for $100 A: The type of volcano seen here.

Volcanoes for $100 A: The type of volcano seen here. Q: What is a shield volcano?

Volcanoes for $100 A: This famous volcano shrank 500m while erupting in 1980 and killing 57.

Volcanoes for $100 A: This famous volcano shrank 500m while erupting in 1980 and killing 57. Q: What is Mount St. Helens?

Volcanoes for $100 A: Hundreds of these were recorded in the moths before the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, giving scientists an indication that the volcano was becoming active.

Volcanoes for $100 A: Hundreds of these were recorded in the moths before the eruption of Mt. St. Helens, giving scientists an indication that the volcano was becoming active. Q: What are earthquakes?

Volcanoes for $200 A: This is one of two terms that refers to igneous rocks with large crystals that formed inside the earth and cooled slowly.

Volcanoes for $200 A: This is one of two terms that refers to igneous rocks with large crystals that formed inside the earth and cooled slowly. Q: What is intrusive or plutonic?

Volcanoes for $200 A: SiO2 changes this property of magma and determines how explosive a volcano’s eruption will be.

Volcanoes for $200 A: SiO2 changes this property of magma and determines how explosive a volcano’s eruption will be. Q: What is viscosity?

Plate Tectonics for $100 A: Finding Glossopteris fossils from the same time period on continents that are far apart is evidence for this.

Plate Tectonics for $100 A: Finding Glossopteris fossils from the same time period on continents that are far apart is evidence for this. Q: What is plate tectonics or that the continents have moved?

Plate Tectonics for $150 A: Evidence of periods of reversed magnetic polarity are preserved in this type of rock. (Give 1 of the 3 types of rock)

Plate Tectonics for $150 A: Evidence of periods of reversed magnetic polarity are preserved in this type of rock. (Give 1 of the 3 types of rock) Q: What is igneous?

Plate Tectonics for $200 A: Rocks on either side of this geologic feature show a symmetrical pattern of ages.

Plate Tectonics for $200 A: Rocks on either side of this geologic feature show a symmetrical pattern of ages. Q: What is a mid-ocean ridge?

Plate Tectonics for $200 A: This geological feature is responsible for destroying oceanic crust as old as 200 million years old.

Plate Tectonics for $200 A: This geological feature is responsible for destroying oceanic crust as old as 200 million years old. Q: What is a subduction zone? Subduction Zone Subduction Zone

Plate Tectonics for $300 A: The person who first noticed that the continents appear to fit together like puzzle pieces and tried to explain his observations by proposing continental drift.

Plate Tectonics for $300 A: The person who first noticed that the continents appear to fit together like puzzle pieces and tried to explain his observations by proposing continental drift. Q: Who is Alfred Wegener?

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: The type of plate boundary shown here that forms deep ocean trenches and is associated with deep earthquakes.

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: The type of plate boundary shown here that forms deep ocean trenches and is associated with deep earthquakes. Q: What is convergent?

Plate Boundaries for $100 A: This is the type of plate boundary found in California where the North American plate meets the Pacific plate.

Plate Boundaries for $100 A: This is the type of plate boundary found in California where the North American plate meets the Pacific plate. Q: What is transform?

Plate Boundaries for $150 A: This type of crust is dense, poor in SiO2 and relatively young.

Plate Boundaries for $150 A: This type of crust is dense, poor in SiO2 and relatively young. Q: What is oceanic crust?

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: This can lead to a chain of volcanoes in the middle of a plate, far away from any plate boundaries. It is a place where magma is close to the surface of the crust.

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: This can lead to a chain of volcanoes in the middle of a plate, far away from any plate boundaries. It is a place where magma is close to the surface of the crust. Q: What is a hot spot?

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: This is why oceanic crust subducts under continental crust but continental crust never subducts under oceanic crust.

Plate Boundaries for $200 A: This is why oceanic crust subducts under continental crust but continental crust never subducts under oceanic crust. Q: What is because oceanic crust is more dense?

Earthquakes for $150 A: This is the type of seismic wave that will reach a seismograph first after an earthquake.

Earthquakes for $150 A: This is the type of seismic wave that will reach a seismograph first after an earthquake. Q: What are P-waves?

Earthquakes for $150 A: Earthquakes do not occur randomly around the world. Instead, they tend to occur along these.

Earthquakes for $150 A: Earthquakes do not occur randomly around the world. Instead, they tend to occur along these. Q: What are plate boundaries?

Earthquakes for $200 A: These are two factors that affect the perceived intensity of an earthquake.

Earthquakes for $200 A: These are two factors that affect the perceived intensity of an earthquake. Q: What are: Distance from epicenter Rupture length Length of time earthquake lasts Type of material building is on Natural frequency or height of building Magnitude of earthquake

Earthquakes for $200 A: This is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake.

Earthquakes for $200 A: This is the difference between the focus and the epicenter of an earthquake. Q: What is the focus is where the earthquake actually occurs in the crust and the epicenter is the surface location above the focus.

Plate Boundaries for $250 A: This is the type of lava that is very viscous and erupts from explosive volcanoes, such as Mt. St. Helens.

Plate Boundaries for $250 A: This is the type of lava that is very viscous and erupts from explosive volcanoes, such as Mt. St. Helens. Q: What is felsic or SiO2 lava?

Miscellaneous for $100 A: This many seismographs are necessary to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake.

Miscellaneous for $100 A: This many seismographs are necessary to pinpoint the epicenter of an earthquake. What is 3?

Miscellaneous for $200 A: This scale measures the amount of energy released in an earthquake.

Miscellaneous for $200 A: This scale measures the amount of energy released in an earthquake. Q: What is the Richter Scale?

Miscellaneous for $300 A: The type of seismic wave that can travel through the earth’s taffy-like mantle but not the solid core.

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