EESC1168 Quiz: Quiz Review on Volcanos, Earthquakes, Tsunami's, and Weather
4 Mar 2016
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Quiz 2 volcanoes, earthquakes, & elements of weather. Have the power to form mountains and kill plants and animals. All things stationary are destroyed with the lava flow. Cinder cone volcano is the smallest and form in groups. They arise quickly and are made of broken up fire rocks. They form on the side of big volcanoes. The melting of large ice sheets into the ocean adds weight to the ocean and increases the probability of volcanism by bending earth"s crust and allowing magma to reach earth"s surface. Lava covered 7,700 miles and covered 1% of earth"s surface. Thera eruption in the aegean sea, santorini 1600 bce. Produces 5% annually of all of the energy released globally by earthquakes. The subduction of the african plate creates the conditions for volcanic activity in the. Major eruptions have occurred on average 1 every 80 years. Volcanic ash is composed of rocks, minerals and glass.
