| Plate Tectonics | ||
| #1 | Region where plates with different densities collide and the denser plate sinks under the less dense plate | What is a Subduction Zone? |
| #2 | Mesosaurus fossils were found in South America and _________ | Africa |
| #3 | The driving force behind plate movements | What are Convection Currents? |
| #4 | Magnetic field _________ are found on each side of mid-ocean ridges | reversals |
| #5 | Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections | what are plates? |
| Earthquake | ||
| #1 | The San Andreas Fault in California is this type of plate boundary | What is a transform boundary? |
| #2 | At what location does the first motion of an earthquake occur | the focus |
| #3 | A foreshock is | a small earthquake |
| #4 | wave that can only travel through solids | Secondary Wave (S Wave) |
| #5 | The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape | Elastic Rebound |
| Earthquake II | ||
| #1 | an instrument that records ground vibrations | Seismograph |
| #2 | A magnitude scale that measures ground motion | Richter Scale |
| #3 | The point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquakes focus | Epicenter |
| #4 | An area where no direct seismic waves from a particular earthquake can be detected | shadow zone |
| #5 | The composition of Earth's Interior affects waves how? | The speed and direction of seismic waves |
| Volcano | ||
| #1 | any activity that includes the movement of magma toward or onto Earth's surface | Volcanism |
| #2 | fragments of rock that form during a volcanic eruption | Pyroclastic Material |
| #3 | Volcanic Eruptions may be signaled by | A change in earthquake activity |
| #4 | portion of earth's surface that is far from plate boundaries and experiences volcanism due to a rising mantle plume | Hot Spot |
| #5 | Name four classifications of pyroclastic material | volcanic dust, volcanic ash, volcanic bombs, volcanic blocks, lapilli |
| Volcano II | ||
| #1 | Viscosity | resistance to flow |
| #2 | Which of the following is NOT a tectonic setting where volcanoes form? A) boundaries of tectonic plates B) glacier-formed crater lakes C) mid-ocean ridges D) subduction zones | glacier-formed crater lakes |
| #3 | A large depression formed by the collapse of a volcanic cone | Caldera |
| #4 | Pillow lava forms where | on a mid-ocean ridge |
| #5 | quiet eruptions have what type of magma | mafic magma |
| Final Question | |
| What island is cut by a fissure breaking it into two parts | Iceland |