Made of solid metal, located in the middle of the Earth where it is extremlly hot
what is the inner core?
100
a very hot fluid below Earth's crust from which lava and other igneous rocks are formed by cooling.
what is magma?
100
wear away or changes in appearance of a landform by long exposure to the wind, water or ice.
What is weathering?
100
a continent and a country - the land of kangaroos and koala bears
What is Australia?
100
This scientist studies rocks, minerals and other processes such as earthquakes, landslides, floods, and volcanic eruptions to survey the land
What is a geologist?
200
Located between the lower mantle and the inner core and made of liquid metal that creates Earth's magnetic field as it spins
What is the outer core?
200
a fluid or semifluid rock that erupts from a volcano
what is lava?
200
The process by which the surface of the Earth gets worn down
what is erosion?
200
Earth's largest and most populated continent - some people like to eat dim sum there ...
What is Asia?
200
This instrument measures and records details of earthquakes, such as force and duration.
What is a Seismograph?
300
This layer lies between the crust and the asthenosphere.
what is the Upper Mantle?
300
a mountain or hill, typically conical, that has a crater or a vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapors, and gases erupt from
what is a volcano?
300
the sliding down of rocks (or other Earth masses) from a mountain or cliff
what is landslide?
300
This continent sent Explorers to North America - among other Christopher Columbus, Marco Polo and Vasco Da Gama
What is Europe?
300
This ancient continent broke to many pieces years ago to form all the current continents
What is Pangaea?
400
Made of very hard rock that goes deep into Earth and meets the core.
What is lower mantle?
400
The line where tectonic plates meet - friction and stress along those line causes breaks in the upper surface
what is a fault?
400
a sudden breaking or movement of Earth's crust that shakes the ground and tumbles buildings (caused by movement of large sections called tectonic plates)
what is an earthquake?
400
located in the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere - in fact it is the continent where we play this game right now.
What is North America?
400
A long high sea wave caused by an earthquake or a submarine landslide
what is tsunami?
500
A hard surface on which we live that contains rock, soil and water.
what is crust?
500
We use this verb to describe the time when a volcano becomes active (eject lava, ash, and gases)
what is erupt (eruption)?
500
A theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core.
What are tectonic plates?
500
Southernmost continent, the site of the South Pole which is overed in ice and makes Earth's fifth largest continent
What is Antarctica?
500
This gooey layer belongs to the upper mantle - it holds the crust and the hard part of the upper mantle together