Earth's Crust
Earth's first layer.
What is The Continental Crust?
A weak spot in the Earth's crust where molten magma erupt.
What is a volcano.
A glacier that covers a continent or a large island.
What is a continental glacier.
The things that cause earthquakes.
What is tectonic plates.
The planet closest to the sun.
What is Mercury?
The composition of earths inner core.
What is iron and nickle.
Liquid rock that is on the Earth's surface.
What is lava
One of the two ways that glaciers can erode rock.
What is Plucking.
What is abrasion.
Forms where rocks are squeezed but do not break.
What is a fold.
How long it takes Earth to revolve around the sun.
What is 365 days.
The material that makes up the inner core.
What is iron.
This type of volcano is not active but could become active.
What is a dormant volcano.
Four features that glaciers can form.
What is a horn, ridge, glacial lake, and a crique.
Vibrations cause by earthquakes.
What is seismic waves.
When Earth blocks sunlight and casts a shadow on the moon.
What is a Lunar eclips.
The name of the land when all continents were connected.
What is Pangaea.
Type of volcano that is a steep cone shape.
What is a composite volcano.
Mounds of sediment at the down hill end of a glacier.
What is till.
The location on earths surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter.
The total of 1 astronomical unit.
What is 93 million miles.
The main magnitude scale.
What is the Richter scale.
Type of lava that is high in silica and has very explosive eruptions.
What is Aa lava.
Long teardrop-shaped mounds of till.
What is drumlins.
A type of seismic wave that cannot travel through liquids.
What is S waves.
Small rocky bodies that are too small to be considered a planet.
What is an asteroid.