LANDFORMS
LAYERS OF THE EARTH
EARTH'S PLATES
EARTHQUAKES
VOLCANOES
100
AN ISLAND IS SURROUNDED BY WATER ON THIS MANY SIDES
What is ALL
100
THE THIN, HARD LAYER OF ROCK AND SOIL
What is THE CRUST?
100
THE NAME OF THE LAND MASS WHEN ALL OF OUR CONTINENTS WERE CONNECTED
What is PANGAEA?
100
VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY EARTH QUAKES ARE CALLED
What are SEISMIC WAVES?
100
HOT LIQUID ROCK, INSIDE THE EARTH
What is MAGMA?
200
THIS IS A PIECE OF LAND THAT IS SURROUNDED BY WATER ON ONLY 3 SIDES
What is A PENINSULA?
200
THE THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH
What is THE MANTLE?
200
THE THEORY OF OUR CONTINENTS MOVING APART OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS
What is CONTINENTAL DRIFT?
200
A CRACK OR BREAK IN THE EARTH'S CRUST
What is A FAULT/FAULT LINE?
200
THE OPENING WHICH HEAT OR HEATED MATERIAL ESCAPES?
What is THE VENT?
300
A BODY OF WATER WHICH FLOWS TO AN OCEAN OR SEA
What is A RIVER?
300
THE SUPERHEATED ROCK LAYER OF THE EARTH
What is THE MANTLE?
300
THE PROCESS IN WHICH TWO PLATES COLLIDE, AND THE EDGE OF ONE PLATE SINKS BENEATH THE OTHER
What is SUBDUCTION?
300
THE PLACE INSIDE THE EARTH WHERE THE ENERGY OF THE EARTHQUAKE IS FIRST RELEASED
What is THE FOCUS?
300
MAGMA THAT HAS REACHED EARTH'S SURFACE
What is LAVA?
400
A THIN STRIP OF LAND ALONG A COAST
What are BARRIER ISLANDS?
400
THE SUPERHEATED LIQUID METAL LAYER OF THE EARTH
What is THE OUTER CORE?
400
THE PROCESS WHEN PLATES MOVE APART, MAGMA RISES BETWEEN THEM, AND THE MAGMA COOLS, HARDENS AND FORMS NEW CRUST
What is OCEAN FLOOR SPREADING?
400
THE STRONGEST POINT OF THE EARTHQUAKE ON LAND
What is THE EPI-CENTER?
400
THE POOL OF LAVA NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE VOLCANO
What is THE MAGMA CHAMBER?
500
A LARGE FLAT AREA OF GRASSY LAND
What is A PLAIN?
500
THE EARTH'S INNER CORE IS MADE OF THESE 2 METALS
What is IRON AND NICKEL?
500
NAME THE MAN WHO CAME UP WITH THE THEORY AND NAME FOR PANGAEA
Who is ALFRED WEGENER?
500
EARTHQUAKES ARE MEASURED ON A SCALE OF 1-10. NAME THE SCIENTIST THAT THE SCALE IS NAMED AFTER.
Who is CHARLES RICHTER?
500
TO BREAK THROUGH, OFTEN SUDDENLY AND VIOLENTLY
What is ERUPT?
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