Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Layers of Earth
Volcanoes
Misc.
100

An underground holding pool for hot magma is called a...

magma chamber

100

Melted rock that flows out onto Earth's surface is...

Lava

100

Name the first layer of Earth. (on Earth's surface)

crust

100

When a volcano collapses into itself at its top, it forms a...

crater

100

Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into several...

plates

200

Scientists measure earthquake waves with a...

seismograph

200
If you somehow dug down to Earth's center, the first two layers you would pass through are the...
crust and mantle
200

Name the middle layer of Earth.

mantle

200
Mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders are called...
Composite volcanoes
200
The plates of Earth's crust and mantle can NOT usually move... a)toward each other b) away from each other c)very slowly d)Very quickly
very quickly
300
A vibration of Earth's crust is an...
earthquake
300
Hot melted rock that is underground is called...
magma
300

Name the deepest layer of Earth.

core

300
Volcanoes can be useful to peoople because volcanoes...
add minerals to the soil.
300
A break in the crust along which rocks move is a...
fault
400
A large basin that can form at the top of a volcano is a...
crater
400
The deepest layer of Earth is the...
core
400
What is the crust made of?
plates
400

A moutain that forms from lava is a ...

volcano

400

The layer of Earth that is the hottest is the...

inner core

500
Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a rocky opening called a...
vent
500
The point of Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the...
epicenter
500
The constant motion of plates lead to.... (name 2 things)
earthquakes, mountain building, volcanoes
500
Name one of two places where a volcano is most likely to form.
where plates move toward each other, in the ocean where plates are moving away from each other.
500
The point underground where the movement of the earthquake first takes place is called...
focus
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