+
Related Flashcards
Related Topics
Cards In This Set
| Front | Back |
|
A force that acts on a rock to change its shape or volume is called _____________.
|
Stress
|
|
Anticlinesand synclines are two types of ________________.
|
Folds.
|
|
The point beneath Earth's surface where the crust breaks and triggers an earthquake is called the ____________.
|
Focus
|
|
A break in the crust where slabs slip past each other is a(n) ___________.
|
Fault
|
|
An instrument used to measure and record ground movement during an earthquake is called a(n) _____________.
|
Seismogram
|
|
What type of fault forms when the hanging wall moves uoward past the footwall?
|
Reverse fault
|
|
The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault is _____________.
|
Shearing
|
|
An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate is called a(n) ____________.
|
Hot spot
|
|
Inside a volcano, magma collects in a pocket called a __________.
|
Magma chamber
|
|
A volcano that is erupting or has shown signs that it may erupt in the future is called ________.
|
Active
|
|
The large area of flat land that is elevated high above sea level is known as ____________.
|
Plateau
|
|
The________________ is a rating system that estimates the total energy released by an earthquake.
|
Moment magnitude scale
|
|
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's focus is called the ___________.
|
Epicenter
|
|
The molten mixture of rock forming substances, gases and water deep in earth's mantle is called ____________.
|
Magma
|
|
The ___________________ is a belt of volcanoes around the rim of the Pacific Ocean.
|
Ring of Fire
|
