1. Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes and Volcanoes Unit B - Chapters 3, 4 & 5

2. 1. What material are Earth's inner core and outer core both made of? 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ?

3. 1. What material are Earth's inner core and outer core both made of? Metal 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ?

4. 1. What material are Earth's inner core and outer core both made of? Metal 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ? The crust is thinner and less dense than the mantle

5. 1. What material are Earth's inner core and outer core both made of? Metal 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ? The crust is thinner and less dense than the mantle 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates?

6. 1. What material are Earth's inner core and outer core both made of? Metal 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ? The crust is thinner and less dense than the mantle 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates? lithosphere

7. 2. How do the thickness and densities of Earth's crust and mantle differ? The crust is thinner and less dense than the mantle 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates? Lithosphere 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift?

8. 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates? Lithosphere 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift? Fossils, climate, geology

9. 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates? Lithosphere 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift? Fossils, climate, geology 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench?

10. 3. Which layer of Earth contains the tectonic plates? Lithosphere 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift? Fossils, climate, geology 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench? It is younger at the mid-ocean ridge and older at the trench

11. 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift? Fossils, climate, geology 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench? It is younger at the mid-ocean ridge and older at the trench 6. How do island arcs form?

12. 4. What evidence did Wegener use to support continental drift? Fossils, climate, geology 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench? It is younger at the mid-ocean ridge and older at the trench 6. How do island arcs form? Oceanic plates converge

13. 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench? It is younger at the mid-ocean ridge and older at the trench 6. How do island arcs form? Oceanic plates converge 7. What feature is caused by a continental- continental collision?

14. 5. How does the age of oceanic crust at a mid-ocean ridge compare to crust at a trench? It is younger at the mid-ocean ridge and older at the trench 6. How do island arcs form? Oceanic plates converge 7. What feature is caused by a continental- continental collision? Mountain ranges

15. 6. How do island arcs form? Oceanic plates converge 7. What feature is caused by a continental- continental collision? Mountain ranges 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries?

16. 6. How do island arcs form? Oceanic plates converge 7. What feature is caused by a continental- continental collision? Mountain ranges 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries? Large amounts of stress build up as plates move.

17. 7. What feature is caused by a continental- continental collision? Mountain ranges 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at plate boundaries? Large amounts of stress build up as plates move. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale based on?

18. 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries? Large amounts of stress build up as plates move. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale based on? The amount of energy released by an earthquake

19. 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries? Large amounts of stress build up as plates move. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale based on? The amount of energy released by an earthquake 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called?

20. 8. Why do most earthquakes occur at tectonic plate boundaries? Large amounts of stress build up as plates move. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale based on? The amount of energy released by an earthquake 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called? Aftershocks

21. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale based on? The amount of energy released by an earthquake 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called? Aftershocks 11. What type of stress causes normal faults?

22. 9. What is the moment magnitude scale is based on? The amount of energy released by an earthquake 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called? Aftershocks 11. What type of stress causes normal faults? Rocks being pulled apart

23. 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called? Aftershocks 11. What type of stress causes normal faults? Rocks being pulled apart 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city?

24. 10. What are smaller earthquakes that occur in an area shortly after a larger earthquake called? Aftershocks 11. What type of stress causes normal faults? Rocks being pulled apart 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city? Primary waves

25. 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city? Primary waves 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake?

26. 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city? Primary waves 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake? Epicenter

27. 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city? Primary waves 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake? Epicenter 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves?

28. 12. When an earthquake occurs, which are the first seismic waves to reach a nearby city? Primary waves 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake? Epicenter 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves? Seismograph

29. 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake? Epicenter 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves? Seismograph 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor?

30. 13. What is the point on Earth's surface directly above where rocks first start to move during an earthquake? Epicenter 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves? Seismograph 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor? Tsunami

31. 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves? Seismograph 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor? Tsunami 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict?

32. 14. What is the instrument that scientists use to record seismic waves? Seismograph 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor? Tsunami 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict? The earthquake risk of an area

33. 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor? Tsunami 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict? The earthquake risk of an area 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings?

34. 15. What type of wave is caused by an earthquake in the ocean floor? Tsunami 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict? The earthquake risk of an area 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings? Cross braces

35. 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict? The earthquake risk of an area 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings? Cross braces 18. How does a folded mountain belt form?

36. 16. What aspect of an earthquake can scientists usually predict? The earthquake risk of an area 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings? Cross braces 18. How does a folded mountain belt form? Two continental plates push together.

37. 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings? Cross braces 18. How does a folded mountain belt form? Two continental plates push together. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form?

38. 17. What helps reduce earthquake damage to tall office buildings? Cross braces 18. How does a folded mountain belt form? Two continental plates push together. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form? Between parallel normal faults

39. 18. How does a folded mountain belt form? Two continental plates push together. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form? Between parallel normal faults 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________.

40. 18. How does a folded mountain belt form? Two continental plates push together. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form? Between parallel normal faults 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________. Volcano

41. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form? Between parallel normal faults 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________. Volcano 21. Where do most volcanoes occur?

42. 19. Where do fault-block mountains form? Between parallel normal faults 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________. Volcano 21. Where do most volcanoes occur? Along plate boundaries

43. 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________. Volcano 21. Where do most volcanoes occur? Along plate boundaries 22. Why do scientists monitor volcanoes?

44. 20. An opening through which lava, rocks, and gases erupt is called a ______________. Volcano 21. Where do most volcanoes occur? Along plate boundaries 22. Why do scientists monitor volcanoes? To predict when future eruptions will occur

45. 21. Where do most volcanoes occur? Along plate boundaries 22. Why do scientists monitor volcanoes? To predict when future eruptions will occur

46. 21. Where do most volcanoes occur? Along plate boundaries 22. Why do scientists monitor volcanoes? To predict when future eruptions will occur 23. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest?

47. 22. Why do scientists monitor volcanoes? To predict when future eruptions will occur 23. What makes a pyroclastic flow so dangerous? Its speed and its temperature 24. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest? Ash clouds, because they can be carried by the wind

48. 23. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest? Ash clouds, because they can be carried by the wind 24. What signs might indicate that a volcano might soon erupt?

49. 23. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest? Ash clouds, because they can be carried by the wind 24. What signs might indicate that a volcano might soon erupt? Rising temperatures in volcanic lakes, small tremors, bulges in the ground

50. 23. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest? Ash clouds, because they can be carried by the wind 24. What signs might indicate that a volcano might soon erupt? Rising temperatures in volcanic lakes, small tremors, bulges in the ground 25. Hot springs that erupt and send hot water shooting into the air are called ______________.

51. 23. What effect of a volcanic eruption can travel the farthest? Ash clouds, because they can be carried by the wind 24. What signs might indicate that a volcano might soon erupt? Rising temperatures in volcanic lakes, small tremors, bulges in the ground 25. Hot springs that erupt and send hot water shooting into the air are called ______________. Geysers

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