Plates (NOT for dinner)
VOLCANO!!!
TSUNAMI...RUN!!!
EARTHQUAKE!!!
Randomness in the Room
100
The continents are on top of large pieces of the Earth's crust called ______________ plates.
What is tectonic?
100
Magma becomes this when it reaches the surface.
What is lava?
100
When this happens under the ocean floor, it can trigger a tsunami.
What is an earthquake?
100
These are smaller earthquakes which follow a major one.
What are aftershocks?
100
You must do this in Science class...AND, it is the point below the surface where an earthquake begins.
What is focus?
200
A break or crack in the lithosphere where movement takes place.
What is a fault?
200
The opening in a volcano through which magma and gases come out.
What is a vent?
200
This is where you should run if a tsunami is coming.
What is high ground, a hill, a mountain, or a tall building?
200
One of the two U.S. states where most earthquakes occur.
What is California or Alaska?
200
Layer of the Earth that includes the crust and the top portion of the mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
300
Many earthquakes and eruptions occur along these...
What are plate boundaries?
300
One of the 3 types of volcanoes.
What is a cinder cone, shield, or composite volcano?
300
This is the ocean where a devastating tsunami occurred on December 26, 2004.
What is the Indian Ocean?
300
The scale used to measure an earthquake's magnitude.
What is the Richter Scale?
300
The name of Unit 6 Lesson 5.
What is Forces That Build the Land?
400
A force that causes rocks to break as plates rub past each other.
What is shearing?
400
A string of island volcanoes.
What is an island arc?
400
This Asian country experienced a deadly tsunami in 2011.
What is Japan?
400
The sporting event during which a California earthquake occurred in 1989.
What is the World Series?
400
This is one of the 3 types of faults.
What is a strike-slip, reverse, or normal fault?
500
This is the largest of Earth's tectonic plates.
What is the Pacific Plate?
500
The U.S. state where Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980.
What is Washington state?
500
The world's tallest known tsunami happened along a shoreline of this U.S. state.  
What is Alaska?
500
These are vibrations from earthquakes and volcanic eruptions that travel through the earth.
What are seismic waves?
500
This river cut through the region and eventually helped to form the Grand Canyon.
What is the Colorado River?
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