Earth's Layers
What is the name of the earth's layer that we live on?
Crust
What is the name of the plate we live on?
North American Plate
Name TWO types of precipitation.
Rain
Hail
Snow
Sleet
Fog
What is the term for the release of energy that causes the ground to shake?
Earthquake
What do we call a lot of water that is in a place where it should not be?
Flood
What is the MANTLE made of?
Molten Rock or Magma
Plate Tectonics
What is formed in the atmosphere during condensation?
Clouds
What is the term for a volcano that will never erupt again?
Extinct
Humans
Lightning
What are the 4 layers of earth - IN ORDER from top to bottom?
Crust
Mantle
Outer Core
Inner Core
What is the term for one plate being pushed under another?
Subduction
Name TWO examples of collection.
River, Stream
Ocean, Sea
Lake, Pond
What do we call an area of land where magma has pushed through the crust to the surface?
Volcano
What natural hazard is caused by long periods of time without rain?
Drought
Which two of the earth's layers are LIQUID?
Mantle
Outer Core
What are the THREE types of plate boundaries?
Transform
Divergent
Convergent
Which step of the water cycle includes the sun warming up the surface of a body of water?
Evaporation
What is created when two continental plates crash and push into each other?
Mountains
What word do we use for an event that causes a lot of damage?
Catastrophe
Which two metals is the earth's INNER CORE made of?
Nickle
Iron
What causes the earth's plates to slowly move on the mantle?
Convection Currents
Why is it called the Water CYCLE?
It repeats the same steps over and over again.
Name TWO factors that can cause weathering.
Ice
Animals
Plants
Gravity
Wind
Water
Gathering data to understand past natural hazards allows us to try and ______________ future events.
Predict