Earthquake & Volcanoes Unit Review
Vocabulary to know:
active volcanoes
basaltic materials
compression force
dormant volcanoes
extinct volcanoes
hot spots
liquefaction
Modified Mercalli Scale
primary waves
rhyolitic materials
seismic waves
seismograph
slippage
tension force
volcano
aftershocks
body waves
convergent plate boundary
earthquakes
fault line
intensity
magma
Moho discontinuity
reverse fault
S-wave
seismogram
shear force
strike-slip fault
transform fault boundary
alpide zone
cinder cone
crater
elastic limit
focus
lava
magnitude
normal fault
Richter Scale
San Andreas Fault
seismology
shield cone
surface waves
tsunami
andesitic materials
composite cone
divergent plate boundary
epicenter
granitic material
L-wave
mantle
P-waves
Ring of Fire
secondary waves
seismologist
silica
tectonic plates
vent
Concepts to know:
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Know how volcanoes are created.
Know where volcanoes are distributed throughout the world.
Know how hot spots are created.
Know the different type cones and be able to explain the difference between them.
 Be able to explain how earthquakes, plate tectonics and volcanoes are related.
 Know the name of the three types of fault slips and be able to give an example of each.
 Be able to explain what happens when plates slip.
 Be able to locate an epicenter.
 Be able to explain how liquifaction and tsunamis work.
 Be able to explain the Richter and Modified Mercalli scales.
What to study for the test?
 The two biggest things to study are the notes and the readings. Pay special attention to the
chapter reviews.
 Also look over any labs and activities that we have done. I try to pull questions from them as
well.