Earthquakes
A quick movement along fault lines results in an
earthquake
______ pushes through the Earth's crust from a volcano.
Magma
What is the solid upper mantle and crust called?
Lithosphere
What are the two types of glaciers called?
Alpine glaciers and ice sheets
Earth’s crust is broken into large pieces called _____
plates
Who is the roman god of fire?
Vulcan (In Greek myth it's Hephaestus)
Name the two types of crust.
Continental and oceanic crust
Alpine glaciers are found on every continent except which continent?
Australia
Measures the strength or magnitude of an earthquake
Richter Scale
True or False: volcanos NEVER happen underwater.
FALSE
What sphere contains all living things?
Biosphere
What is the most important resource provided by glaciers?
Fresh water
What is a seismograph?
An instrument that measures and records details of earthquakes
What is melted rock that spills out of the crater on the top of the volcano?
Lava
The sphere that is between the geosphere and the magnetosphere.
Atmosphere
True or false: glaciers are highly sensitive to climate change.
True
The ______ ___ _______ is an area bordering the Pacific Ocean where many earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
Ring of fire (contains 75% of the world's volcanoes)
What's the closest active volcano to us?
MT. ETNA (Sicily, Italy)
All frozen parts of Earth.
Cryosphere
What is the biggest problem of melting ice sheets?
Rising sea levels