It's not my fault!!!!
A fault is where _______ plates meet
tectonic
Melted rock that is inside the earth's surface is called this
What is magma?
The layer that we live on and where continents lie on
The crust
What measures an earthquake
Seismograph
The fault where two plates push against each other and can cause the formation of mountains
convergent
Shield Volcanoes
The layer that is most inward in the earth
The core
A fault where two plates move away from each other
divergent
The smallest type of volcanoes
Cinder cone volcanoes
The layer where magma sits
the mantle (upper or inner)
A fault that the two plates brush against each other
transform
The volcano that erupted in 79AD killing many of the residents of Pompeii, Italy
Mount Vesuvius
When a volcano collapses on itself it creates a_____
Crater
Name the volcano in Washington that erupted in the 1970s causing much destruction
What is Mount Saint Helens
The San Andreas fault is this type of fault
transform
Name two ways volcanoes can help the environment
Lava can form new crust
Mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders
Composite volcanoes