Astronomy
Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
The planet closest to the sun
What is Mercury
100
What kind of rock has distinct, straight layers?
What is sedimentary rocks
100
A piece of earth that floats on the magma interior of earth
What is a plate
100
The geographic center of an earthquake
What is epicenter
100
The magma from a shield volcano is more... than a composite volcano.
What is hot, thin, or less bubbly
200
The largest planet in our solar system
What is Jupiter
200
Marble is an example of a _______ rock
What is metamorphic
200
The super continent which existed in the past
What is Pangea
200
The first wave that arrives in an earthquake
What is P-wave
200
Hot columns of the hottest magma that rise from deep inside the earth
What is a hot spot
300
The gas giant with a ring around it
What is Saturn
300
Rocks in this category cooled from lava
What is igneous rocks
300
Oceanic Rifts are an example of what type of plate boundary
What is a divergent boundary
300
Earthquakes happen along...
What is faults
300
Silica-rich magma is found...
What is close to the surface (crust) of the earth
400
Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are examples of what type of planet
What is terrestrial planets
400
This rock looks like a sponge, it has lots of little holes in it. It is a ____ rock.
What is igneous
400
What drives the movement of plates on the surface of the earth
What is rifts, or new land formation
400
The more destructive wave in an earthquake
What is S-wave
400
Gray clouds of gas full of silica released by volcanoes
What is pyroclastics
500
This band separates Mars from the outer planets
What is the asteroid belt
500
This rock contains rounded grains of a variety of sizes cemented together. It is a ______ rock
What is sedimentary
500
______is created when a continental plate collides with an oceanic plate
What is subduction zone
500
The point where two plates catch together and cause an earthquake
What is focus
500
Most volcanoes are caused by subduction zones, and are what type of volcanoes?
What is composite volcanoes
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