Natural Disasters
Which natural disaster deals with magma escaping?
Volcano
Which NATURAL DISASTER moves rock and soil to another location?
Landslides
Which natural disaster shakes the earth?
Earthquakes
What breaks down dead organisms?
Decomposers
Where do most earthquakes occur?
Along tectonic plate boundaries
Which natural disaster deals with earths plates moving together or apart?
Earthquake
Pressure from the earth
Where do volcano eruptions and earthquakes usually happen?
Along plate boundaries
What do decomposers put into the soil?
Nutrients
What do you called molten rock below the earth's surface?
Magma
What does an underwater earthquake form?
Tsunami
Underground movement between plates causes what?
An earthquake
When earths plates slide it is called what?
Transform
What moves rocks and soil to a new place?
Erosion
When magma comes out of a volcano it is called what?
Lava
Which natural disaster can form new land?
Volcanos
How are Volcanos helpful?
They create new land
When earths plates push together it is called what?
Converging
What breaks down rocks and mountains over time?
What occurs when two plates move, bump, or slide past each other?
An earthquake occurs
Which natural disaster forms mountains?
Earthquakes
What are the puzzle pieces of the earth called?
Tectonic plates
When earth plates pulls apart it is called what?
Diverging
What drops off pieces of rock and soil in a new place?
Deposition
What is the outermost layer of earth called?
Crust