Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Mountains

The strength of an earthquake is measured using a device called

• Sonar

• Magnetometer

• Seismograph

• Richter Scale

Smaller Vibrations that come after the initial earthquake is called

• Primary wave

• Secondary Wave

• Surface Wave

• Aftershock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Waves of energy produced by an earthquake

• Seismic Waves

• Secondary Waves

• Aftershock

• epicenter

Origin of an earthquake below the earths surface of the crust

• Epicenter

• Focus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Molten rock that comes out of a volcano, cools and hardens.

• Igneous Rock

• Magma

• Lava

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The scale that is used to represent the size of an Earthquake

• Surface waves

• seismic waves

• seismograph

• Richterscale

The point on the earth's crust directly above the earthquake

• Focus

• epicenter

• surface wave

• Secondary Waves

An inactive volcano can be called

• Dormant

• Active

• Sleeping

• Dome Mountain

When crust pushes together and creates a mountain, it's called

• Fault Block Tilt

• Fault Block Lift

• Fold Mountain

• Volcanic Mountain

Large crack or break in the Earth's crust

• subduction zone

• fault

• magma

• Epicenter