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Free Volcanoes & Earthquakes Flashcards
Plate tectonics explains the planet’s most dramatic events with one elegant idea: the crust moves. These cards connect quakes, eruptions, and the boundaries where the action happens.
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QWhat are tectonic plates?
AHuge slabs of Earth’s crust that slowly move on the mantle beneath
QWhat causes most earthquakes?
APlates sticking and slipping suddenly along faults
QWhat scale describes earthquake magnitude today?
AThe moment magnitude scale (successor to Richter)
QWhat is the Ring of Fire?
AThe Pacific rim belt where most of Earth’s volcanoes and earthquakes occur
QWhat is a subduction zone?
AWhere one plate dives beneath another — source of the biggest quakes and many volcanoes
QWhat is magma called once it reaches the surface?
ALava
QWhat is the epicenter of an earthquake?
AThe point on the surface directly above where the quake starts (the focus)
QWhat makes some volcanoes explosive and others gentle?
AMagma thickness and gas content — thick, gassy magma erupts violently
QWhat is a tsunami?
AOcean waves triggered by undersea earthquakes, eruptions, or landslides
QWhich famous eruption buried Pompeii in 79 CE?
AMount Vesuvius
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