Vocabulary 1
Rocks
Layers of Earth
wild card
wild card 2
100
An underground holding pool for hot magma is called a...
magma chamber
100
The chart that shows how rocks are formed
rock cycle
100
Name the first layer of Earth. (on Earth's surface)
crust
100
Theory that the earth's crust is in motion
continental drift
100
Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into several...
plates
200
Scientists measure earthquake waves with a...
seismograph
200
Type of rock that is formed from sediments compacted in layers
sedimentary rock
200
Name the middle layer of Earth.
mantle
200
Super continent
Pangea
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
Rock that has fossils in it
sedimentary rocks
300
Name the deepest layer of Earth.
core
300
Obsidian (the one that looks like black glass) is this type of rocks
Igneous
300
A break in the crust along which rocks move is a...
fault
400
Hot melted rock is called
magma
400
type of rock formed from other rocks that undergo heat and pressure
metamorphic rock
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
type of rock that comes form a volcano
igneous
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...
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