Quaking and Shaking
The plates that cause earthquakes
What are tectonic plates
The plate that comes together and pushes against one another
convergent plates
The biggest type of volcano
shield
The layer of the Earth we walk on
The crust
This measures an earthquake and tectonic plate movements
What is a seismograph?
Plates that move away from one another
divergent
Why are volcanoes dangerous
The layer of the earth that flows slowly like a liquid
Mantle
This is a spot inside the earth where an earthquake starts
What is the focus
Plates that brush past one another
transform
They can add minerals to the soil and build new land
The solid ball made mostly of iron and nickle
Inner core
The spot above the focus on the earth's surface where an earthquake starts
What is the epicenter?
San Andreas fault is this
transform
Name a type of shield volcano
Mauna Lua
The part of the core that is a pool of hot, liquid material
Outer COre
When a volcano erupts, a large basin creates when the volcano falls in on itself
A crater