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inner core. outer core. mantle. crust. reverse fault. normal fault. strike-slip fault. thrust or reverse fault. normal fault. strike-slip fault. P Waves. push and pull motion fastest-moving waves travel in straight path move through solid and liquid material. S Waves.
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inner core outer core mantle crust
P Waves push and pull motion fastest-moving waves travel in straight path move through solid and liquid material
S Waves move in up-and-down zigzag pattern move more slowly than P waves cannot travel through liquid material
Mercalli Richter measures destruction based on man’s observations measures magnitude
Richter Scale Effects 4.0 - 4.9 5.0 - 5.9 6.0 - 6.9 7.0 - 7.9 8.0 - 8.9 2.0 - 2.9 3.0 - 3.9
ash crater lava side vent vent magma chamber
Classifying Volcanoes by shape by how often they erupt by type of eruption
hill-shaped with a bowl-like crater symmetrical, cone-shaped shield cinder cone upside-down-saucer-shaped composite cone by shape
cinder cone composite cone shield
extinct dormant by how often they erupt active
active • has erupted during recorded history • is expected to erupt again
dormant • erupted in distant past • not expected to erupt again
extinct • does not have a recorded eruption • is not expected to erupt
quiet, runny lava; little or no cinder, ash, or steam violent, loud explosion of lava, ashes, cinders, and gases Plinian Pelean Vulcanian most powerful eruption, spewing lava, gas, and dust into atmosphere avalanche of red-hot dust and gases; pyroclastic flow Hawaiian/ Strombolian by type of eruption