Earth
Layers of the Earth from the inside
What are inner core, outer core, mantle, crust?
Name of super continent
What is Pangea?
Mountains in the middle of oceans.
What is midocean ridge?
Plates coming together.
What is converge?
This causes convection currents.
What is uneven heating?
Waves that show the Earth has layers.
What are seismic waves?
Matching animal remains on different continents.
What are fossils?
Type of this was evidence.
What is volcanic rock?
Plates sliding past.
What is transform?
Name of a collapsed volcano.
What is a caldera?
Earth formed in layers due to this science effect.
What is density?
Africa and South America as viewed from a map.
What is fit or puzzle pieces?
Older further out, younger close in.
What is age of rock?
Plates pulling apart.
What is diverge?
Type of lava causing violent eruptions.
What is thick or blocky lava?
Seismic wave causing the most damage.
What is s waves
Geological formations that match across continents.
What are matching mountain ranges and rock type.
Lines of this when rock forms.
What is magnetism?
One plate sliding under another.
What is subduction?
3 types of volcanoes, add a 4th for a bonus of 50 points.
What are Shield, Composite, Cinder Cone, and for the bonus Lava Dome.
The layer of the Earth responsible for its magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
Glacier scratches in warm areas and Coal deposits in cold areas.
What is past climate evidence?
Discovered during this world wide event.
What is World War II?
Majority of earthquakes and volcanoes happen at this type of plate boundary.
What is convergent?
Type of currents that cause the tectonic plates to move.
What is convection currents?