Questions 1 thru 5
1. The earth is the _____________ planet from the sun.
Third/3rd
6a. Name several endangered cities on earth that are “waiting to die”:
a. ____________________________
Tokyo or San Francisco
10. The highest mountain on earth is _____________ _____________.
Mount Everest
15.Which ocean is growing wider and which is shrinking in width?
A. Growing or Widening ocean = ___________________________
Atlantic
2. Most of the earth’s volume is in the _____________.
Mantle
6b.Name several endangered cities on earth that are “waiting to die”:
b. ____________________________
Tokyo or San Francisco
11. Around the Pacific Ocean is an area called the _____________ ___ _____________.
Ring of Fire
15.Which ocean is growing wider and which is shrinking in width?
B. Shrinking or Narrowing ocean = __________________________
Pacific
3. The earth’s surface is broken up into about _____________ plates.
12 plus
7.The San Andreas Fault runs through _____________ _____________ (in the United States).
San Francisco
12. How many people have been killed by Hawaiian volcanoes in the last century (100 years) _______________________.
5
16.Three great time bombs in the earth’s future are:
A. MegaThrust ______________________ (shaking of the earth)
Earthquake
4. Molten rock inside the earth is called _____________.
Magma
8. If the earth was the size of a BASKETBALL how thick would the solid crust of the earth be?
the crust of the earth would the thickness of a _____________of _________________
Sheet of Paper
13. What are earth’s “natural bombs” waiting to explode? ________________________
Strato Volcanoes
16.Three great time bombs in the earth’s future are:
B. Giant ___________________________ (ocean wave)
Tsunami
5. Where on earth can you stand with one foot in Europe and the other foot in North America?__________________________________________(NAME THE COUNTRY)
Iceland
9. The force driving the plates is _____________ in the mantle.
Magma
14.Where is America’s “natural time bomb”? __________________________________
Yellowstone Park
16.Three great time bombs in the earth’s future are:
C. Super __________________________(mountain of fire)
Volcano