Volcanoes
Magma
What is melted rock found inside of the mantle
Aftershocks
What are smaller earthquakes triggered after another earthquake
What is a large chunk of Earth's crust being moved and smashed around
Divergent Boundary
What are two plates pulling away from each other
Crust
What is the outermost and thinnest layer of Earth
Shield Volcano
What is a small volcano with low viscosity, runny lava
Moment Magnitude
What is the scale used to measure exactly how much force is released by an earthquake
Pacific Plate
What is the plate encompassing most of the Pacific Ocean
The type of boundary making strike-slip faults
What is a transform boundary
Second deepest part of Earth
What is the Outer Core
Ring of volcanoes found within mid ocean ridges and plate boundaries where the Pacific Plate has subducted under other plates
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire
Intensity of earthquake damage at different points
What is the Mercalli Scale
The science of how plates move and interact
What are Plate Tectonics
The type of boundary creating reverse faults
What is a convergent boundary
Part right below the crust made up of melted rock and magma
Composite
What is the most explosive type of volcano with thick, viscous magma
Richter Scale
What is the scale used to measure the highest intensity seismic wave released by a quake
Continental Drift
What is the theory stating that the continents are being moved around by convection currents in the mantle
Type of boundary that makes normal faults
What is a divergent boundary
Innermost part of earth
What is the core
Tephra
Type of fault causing the most earthquakes
Currents in the mantle said to move the plates
What are convection currents
All three types of stress
What are tension, compression, and shearing
What is the part of the atmosphere said to block harmful radiation from the Sun
The Ozone Layer