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TheBearded Geologist

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In volcanic areas, the groundwater heated by magma is a source of

What is geothermal

energy?

Groundwater heated by magma rises to surface and collects in a

pool called

What is a hot spring?

Before lava reaches the

surface it is called

What is magma?

The Hawaiian islands were volcanoes forming over a

What is a hot spot?

A hole left by the collapse of a volcanic mountain

What is a caldera?

Geologist can observe earth’s

interior by

What is recording and studying

seismic waves?

Geologist think the movement of

earth’s plates is caused by

What is convection currents?

Pieces of earth’s lithosphere are in constant slow

movement because of

What are plate tectonics?

These will occur where plate movement stores energy

along faults

What are earthquakes?

Area of high, flat elevated land above sea level

What is a plateau?

S waves are also known as

What are secondary waves?

These earthquakes waves can travel

through liquids and solids

What are P waves?

Point beneath earth’s surface where rocks break under stress and

cause an earthquake

What is focus?

Seismic waves carry energy _______ of

an earthquake

What is away from the focus?

Instrument that measures and records movement during an

earthquake

What is a seismograph?

The change in volume or shape of earth’s crust

What is deformation?

This type of stress force produces reverse faults

What is compression?

Pushing a mass of rock in opposite,

horizontal direction

What is shearing?

A fold in rock that bends upward into

an arch

What is an anticline?

Seismic waves that move by

compressing and expanding

What are P waves?

Layer of earth made up of rocks basalt and granite

What is the crust?

The layer of earth where earth’s

interior spins inside hot, molten metal

What is the outer core?

The asthenosphere is part of this layer

of earth

What is the mantle?

As depth beneath earth increases, the

temperature and pressure will

What is increase?

Convection currents flow in earth’s ________

What is asthenosphere?

The longest mountain chain in

the world

What is the mid-ocean ridge?

Place where two plates come

together

What is a convergent boundary?

Ocean floor sinks through ocean

trenches and back into the mantle

What is subduction?

When magma squeezes between horizontal layers

of rock, it forms a

What is a sill?

He believed that the continents were once joined together as a single

landmass

Who is Wegener?

Make your wager

The San Andreas Fault is this type of

fault

What is a Strike-Slip Fault?