Plate tectonics
The scientist that suggested the continents fit together to make a puzzle
Who is Alfred Wegner?
The plate responsible for moving along side each other
What is transform?
The name for the supply of magma under the volcano
What is magma chamber?
The main plate boundary responsible for earthquakes
What is transform?
Unlimited supply
The name of the theory that plates move
What is plate tectonics?
The plate responsible for moving into each other
What is convergent?
The name for the top of the volcano where ash and lava is expelled
What is the primary vent?
The fastest wave measured during an earthquake
What is P wave?
Limited supply, once you run out it's done.
What is Non-renewable resource?
The circular motion of magma due to different temperatures in the earth
What is convection currents?
The plate responsible for moving away from each other
What is divergent?
Name of magma when it reaches earth's surface
What is lava?
The center of the earthquake
What is epicenter?
This resource is found deep in the ground or oceans and is non-renewable
What is oil?
Name the 3 types of plate boundaries
The plate(s) responsible for volcanoes
What is divergent and convergent?
The Hawaiian islands are made by this ring of volcanoes
What is an island arc?
The type of earthquake measurement that uses the amount of destruction
What is the mercalli scale?
This resource is untouchable, everyone uses it everyday and is renewable
What is the sun?
The name of the continents when they fit together
What is Pangea?
Plate responsible for rift valley
What is divergent?
The ash, lava, cinder, and debris that comes out of the volcano
What is a pyroclastic flow?
Type of earthquake measurement that uses waves and movement to measure
What is the Richter scale?
This resource is renewable, used by many, and is never guaranteed to be available on demand
What is wind?