Earth Layers
The thinnest layer where we live.
What is the crust
This is the hot liquid rock that will cool down to form new rock
What is magma or lava
The place or location most magma comes shooting out of
What is a crater
The energy that is built up in matter
What is potential energy
The boundary line between crust plates
What is a fault
The thickest layer of earth
What is the mantle
This rock type is formed by compaction and cementation of solid materials forming layers
What is Sedimentary Rock
The channel that magma flows up in an eruption
What is the vent or chimney
The force keeping plate faults from slipping
What is friction
The boundary when the plates slide side by side
What is a transform boundary
The layer that gives us our magnetic field
What is the outer core
Rock type formed from the cooling of lava
What are Igneous Rock
Type of volcano that has a very powerful eruption
What are stratovolcanoes
The motion of faults if one moves under or over another
What is dip slip motion
The name given to the theory of crust plates moving
What is continental drift or plate tectonics
The layer that is solid iron and nickel
What is the inner core
Rock type formed from extreme heat and pressure
What are Metamorphic Rocks
A giant opening in a supervolcano that releases tremendous amounts of magma, gases, and ash
What is a caldera
The name given to the machine that reads earthquake motion
What is a seismograph
The formation of mountains that were not created by volcanoes happened with this boundary motion of plate movement
What is convergent boundaries
This is the thermal energy transfer happening in the mantle that cause the crust plates to move
What is convection
Specific categorized rocks that are formed inside the Earth from cooling or melted rock
What are intrusive rocks
The fast moving very destructive force from a powerful volcanic eruption
What is a pyroclastic blast or cloud
The location on Earth's crust where the faults moved
What is the epicenter
This theory says that 250 million years ago most of the land masses of Earth were very close to each other giving us relationships with certain plants and animals that today are separated by thousands of miles
What is Pangea