Predicting Geologic Events

Front

What is the term for the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock below Earth's surface?

Back

earthquake

Front

What is the term for an opening in the crust that is erupting magma from inside the Earth?

Back

active volcano

Front

What is the term for a "sleeping" volcano that is expected to erupt some time in the future?

Back

dormant volcano

Front

What is the term for a "dead" volcano that is unlikely to erupt again?

Back

extinct volcano

Front

The Ring of Fire is the area around which plate?

Back

Pacific plate

Front

Which plate boundaries are most likely to cause volcanoes? Options: divergent and transform, divergent and convergent, convergent and transform

Back

divergent and convergent

Front

Which geologic event are geologists more successful at predicting? Options: earthquake, volcano

Back

volcano

Front

This is the area of rock underground that breaks under stress and causes an earthquake.

Back

focus

Front

This is the point on the surface of the crust right above the broken rock that causes an earthquake.

Back

epicenter

Front

Which type of seismic wave shakes the Earth first, compressing and expanding the ground?

Back

P wave