Earthquakes and Volcanoes

the movement of magma powered by heat

• convection currents

• normal fault

• divergent boundary

• seismic waves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

the lithosphere is made up of the....

• crust and upper mantle

• crust and mantle

• mantle and core

• crust and core

boundary where plates move apart

• convergent

• divergent

• normal

• transform

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

type of boundary where the plates collide

• convergent

• divergent

• reverse

• strike-slip

type of boundary where the plates slide past one another

• convergent

• divergent

• transform

• reverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

the type of force that causes the downward movement of a normal fault

• tension

• compression

• shearing

the type of force that causes the upward movement of a reverse fault

• tension

• compression

• shearing

the type of force that causes the sideways movement of a strike-slip fault

• compression

• tension

• shearing

the point below Earth's surface where energy is released in the form of seismic waves

• focus

• epicenter

• magnitude

• seismograph

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

the fastest type of seismic waves with back and forth motion

• primary waves

• secondary waves

• surface waves