Geography-Unit1A-Volcanoes and Earthquakes

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Volcanoes occur at which plates?
destructive and constructive
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When it erupts it emits what two things?
lava and gases
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Some also emit what?
ash
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the ash can cover_______ and block out the _____?
land
sun
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They may also form what?
pyroclastic flows
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Where do earthquakes occur?
at all three plates
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An earthquake is a build up of?
tension
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Eventually the plates will?
jerk past each other
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Sending out what?
shock waves
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These spread out from the _______?
focus
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What is the focus?
the point in the earths surface where the earthquake starts
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What is the epicentre?
the point on the earths surface directly above the focus
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When it erupts it emits what two things?

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the ash can cover_______ and block out the _____?

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