Planet Earth
What are the 3 layers of the Earth?
The crust, the mantle and the core.
This is an area that is dry, covered in sand and has a very little bit of precipitation.
A desert.
Asia is an example of one of these large landmasses.
A continent.
Which is the biggest volcano in Spain?
Mount Teide
What is the type of natural disaster that is common in California when the Earth's surface shakes due to the sudden release of energy in the lithosphere?
An earthquake.
What is the outer layer of a planet?
The crust.
The Sierra Nevadas near Granada in southern Spain are an example of a(n) _____________________?
This is the portion of a continent that is submerged under an area of relatively shallow water.
Continental shelf.
What is it called when a volcano "explodes" and releases lava and gases?
A volcanic eruption.
In 2004, more than 230,000 people died in Thailand when gigantic waves flooded the coast. What is this type of disaster called?
A tsunami.
What is the yellow part of the picture.
The core.
This is a relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area and usually has one or more sides with steep slopes.
A plateau.
The hard, outer shell of a planet, like the Earth's crust and upper mantle.
The lithosphere.
In the year 79 AD, a volcanic eruption destroyed a Roman city in Italy. What was the name of that city?
Pompeii.
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above a hypocenter, where an earthquake or an underground explosion originates?
An epicentre.
What is the orange part of the picture?
The mantle.
A flat, low-lying land next to the coast is called a ______________.
Coastal plain or flood plain.
Whether or not liquid can pass through a rock is referred to as being _____________ or _____________.
Permeable or impermeable.
What is the name of a circular depression in the ground caused by volcanic activity?
A crater.
Tsunamis can be caused by underwater volcanic eruptions or by ____________?
Sea quakes.
What is the name of the theory that the Earth's land masses have moved over time across the ocean bed?
The Theory of Continental drift
What do you call a low area between hills or mountains that often has a river running through it?
A valley.
What are the 3 main types of rocks?
Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic.
A large pool of liquid rock beneath the surface of the Earth is called the ________________.
magma chamber.
What do you call the change of pressure in a narrow region travelling through a medium (such as air) caused by an explosion or by something moving faster than sound.
Shock waves.