Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Layers of The Earth
Crustal Plate Movement
Misc.
100
instruments that measures earthquakes
What is seismograph
100
non-explosive is the _____ ______ type of eruption
What is most common
100
makes up the crust
What is oxygen, silicon & aluminum?
100
means all earth
What is pangae
100
The huge caldera in Yellowstone park
What is volcano
200
a break in earths crust
What is a fault
200
forms when magma blasts into the air and cools and hardens
What is pyroclastic material
200
part of the mantle that holds the tectonic plates
What is asthenosphere?
200
who saw the continents like a big puzzle
who is Alfred Wegner
200
The biggest disaster in chili
What is earthquake
300
point on the earth's surface above an earthquake's starting point
What is an epicenter
300
area surrounding the pacific ocean in the shape of a ring
What is the Ring of Fire
300
how many layers make up basic earth
What is 4?
300
the plate next to California
What is the pacific plate
300
The thickest layer of the earth
What is the mantle
400
the change in the shape of the rock in response to stress
What is deformation
400
a box where magma is stored
What is a magma chamber
400
The densest part of the earth that spins. It is said to make the magnetic field.
What is the inner core?
400
the theory that all continents formed and broke apart
What is the continental drift
400
series of ocean waves generated by the sudden displacements on the sea floor
What is a tsunami
500
the fastest seismic waves
What is p waves
500
type of eruption that is very destructive
What is an explosive eruption
500
How thick is the earth including the mesosphere, asthenosphere & lithosphere
What is 6,530 kilometers?
500
the reason earthquakes and tsunamis happen
What is tectonic plates
500
The large valley that is created when volcanoes that are erupting lose pressure and collapse in on themselves
What is a caldera
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