Earth science- Volcanoes

What geological process is responsible for the formation of volcanoes in hot spots?

plate movement over a stationary magma plume

What expert uses GPS and LiDAR?

Ground deformation

which expert uses aircraft to heat images; measures the amount of sulfur dioxide gasses?

Gas and Temp analyst

which expert record small movements of magma and ground shaking?

seismologist

Which expert uses satelites ad sensors; takes high resolution images from above the ground to look for surface changes

Ground deformation Expert

which analyst uses COSPEC and infrared/thermal imaging?

Gas and temp analyst

which expert uses Seismogram and seismographs

Seismologist

Which crust has the greatest variation in plate speed?

Pacific Antarctic

which crust is neither most consistent nor the most varied plate speed?

North pacific

the most uniform plate speed?

south Atlantic

_____ provides evidence of magnetic polarity reversals that occur approximately every 300,000 years

seafloor spreading

What makes Mt. Rainier a dangerous volcano

• Near Seattle people could be affected

• It is a strato volcano

• Covered in 25 glaciers which can make dangerous lahars

True or False: shied volcanoes are all formed at once

False

Which volcanoes are common around the ring of fire

stratovolcanoes

main component of earths crust

silica

What crust is being formed in middle of oceans

Oceanic

A scientific ____ is a is a testable prediction of a phenomenon. A scientific ____ is an explanation of a phenomenon in the natural world that has tested, scientific evidence to support it. The explanation may be adjusted as new evidence is gathered, but it will not be proven false. A scientific ____ describes a fundamental, mathematical relationship or pattern in the natural world. A scientific ______ may become a scientific _____, but a scientific _____ will never become a scientific law

Hypothesis, theory, law, hypothesis, theory or law, theory