Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Layers of Earth
Volcanoes
Misc.
100

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

magma chamber 

IF THIS QUESTION WAS STOLEN add another 500 points. 

100

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

Lava AND DOUBLE YOUR POINTS 

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

MULTIPLY SCORE BY 1.5 

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 

MULTIPLY TOTAL POINTS BY 2 

200
Name the middle layer of Earth.
mantle
200

Mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders are called...

Composite volcanoes AND TAKE AN EXTRA 200

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?

tectonic plates 

IF MISSED BY THE ORIGINAL TEAM ASKED, team looses 400 points (cannot go below zero) 

400
A moutain that forms from lava is a ...
volcano
400

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

inner core 

IF THIS QUSTION WAS STOLEN, Original team looses 400 points  

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 

IF THIS QUESTION WAS STOLEN take 300 points from the original team asked. (cannot go below zero) 

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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