Shake it up!
Keep Shaking!
Under and Above
It's Explosive!
The exploding mountains
100
The shaking of the earth's crust
What is an earthquake?
100
The break in the earth's crust along which rocks move.
What is a fault?
100
The earth's plates move on top of a partially melted ___
What is the mantle?
100

magma that reaches the earth's surface

lava

100

volcanoes at convergent plate boundaries

volcanic island arc

200

What is the deepest layer of the Earth?

The core (or inner core)

200
The continent sized sections of the crust and upper mantle.
What is a plate?
200

Lithosphere sits on top of which layer

Asthenosphere
200

lava that is still inside the earth

magma

200
Under the ground lava is called this
What is magma?
300
The thickest layer of the earth
What is the mantle?
300
The instrument that records the energy released by an earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
300
California has over 15,000 earthquakes a year. California has a ____________running through the state.
What is a fault?
300

Circle of Volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean

Ring of Fire

300

volcanoes at divergent plate boundaries

rift valley

400
The point on the earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
400
The underground point where an earthquake first starts.
What is the focus?
400

Layer made of solid rock

Crust

400

Name of Fault in California

San Andreas Fault

400
Another name for the Pacific Plate.
What is the "Ring of Fire?"
500
The layer of the earth that contains all the land and ocean floor.
What is the crust?
500
The hottest layer of the earth.
What is the inner core?
500
The plate that has the most volcanic activity.
What is the Pacific Plate?
500

MAGMA MELTS THROUGH WEAK SPOTS IN CRUST AS PLATE MOVES

Hot spot

500

Example of an island created at hotspot

Hawaii

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