Atmosphere
vocabulary
boundaries
layers of Earth
Volcanoes/earthquakes/tsunami
100
troposphere
Which layer does weather occur?
100
A theory that magma is pushed upward from the ocean's floor
What is seafloor spreading
100
plates slide past one another
What is transform boundary
100
The rigid layer
What is lithosphere
100
a powerful seismic wave that begins over the ocean floor
What is tsunami
200
stratosphere
Ozone layer is found in the-
200
this occurs in the earth's mantle and transfers heat
What is convection current
200
plates collide
What is convergent boundary
200
The plastic-like layeron which the lithosphere floats on
What is the asthenosphere
200
movement of the ground that occurs when rocks inside Earth pass their elastic limit
What is earthquake
300
Thermosphere
Hottest layer
300
Large breaks in rocks along which movement occurs
What is fault
300
plates that move away from each other
What is divergent boundary
300
the layer is is solid iron
What is inner core
300
a point deep inside Earth where energy is released
What is focus
400
78%, 21%
What % nitrogen and oxygen is in our atmosphere
400
when plates slide under each other
What is subduction
400
The places where the edges of different plates meet are called
What is boundary
400
The temperature of the inner core
What is 5000 degrees fahrenheit
400
point on earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus
What is epicenter
500
ionosphere
The layer that has electrically charged particles
500
the force that causes rock layers to crumble and fold
What is compression
500
The plate located near North America
What is the North American plate
500
The layer made of molten metal (liquid)
What is outer core
500
steep sided volcano formed from alternating layers of violent eruptions
What is composite volcano
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