Chapter 3 part 1

Huge waves caused by earthquakes are called ____________.

• tsunamis

• tremors

• aftershocks

• white caps

A break between to masses of rock is a ______________.

• fault

• epicenter

• problem

• earthquake

The ______________ is the point in the ground where the earthquake begins.

• epicenter

• focus

• fault

• ridge

The place on the surface of the ground directly above the focus of the earthquake is the _______________.

• epicenter

• focus

• tremor

• fault

An earthquake is any ____________ of the earth's crust.

• shaking

• mowing

• movement

• stirring

An earthquake's strength is its _______________.

• power

• magnitude

• attitude

• Richter scale

This type of weathering occurs when natural acids slowly break rocks apart.

• chemical weathering

• physical weathering

Trapped gases burst through the earth's surface creating a _______.

• vent

• volcano

• lava pool

• magma chamber

What allows hot gases AND molten rock to escape from inside the earth?

• volcano

• vent

• earthquake

• lava pool

A scientist who studies the structure of the earth is a ________________.

• geologist

• seismologist

• geographist

• meteorologist