Earth's Interior
What are the four main layers of Earth?
What are the Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, and Inner Core?
What is the Theory that explains the movement of Earth's plates?
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
What are vibrations from earthquakes called?
What are Seismic Waves?
What boundary occurs when plates move apart?
What is a Divergent Boundary?
What instrument records Earthquakes?
What is a Seismograph?
Which Layer do we live on?
What is the crust?
Who is Alfred Wegener?
Which waves can practically go through anything?
What are P-waves?
What type of boundary caused the Himalayan Mountains?
What is a Convergent Boundary?
What is the recorded output of an Earthquake called?
What is a Seismogram?
What is the mantle made of, and how does it behave?
What is Hot, Dense Rock that flows slowly? (Semisolid)
What was the name of the supercontinent?
What is Pangaea?
Which waves can only travel through solids?
What are S- waves?
What type of boundary is associated with Earthquakes?
What is a transform boundary?
What is the point inside the Earth where an Earthquake begins?
What is the Focus?
What is Liquid Iron and Nickel?
What process creates new ocean crust at mid-ocean ridges?
What is Seafloor Spreading?
What is the motion of P-waves?
What forms when an oceanic plate goes under a continental plate?
What is a Subduction Zone?
What is the point directly above the focus on Earth's surface?
What is an Epicenter?
Why is the inner core solid even though it is very hot?
What is extreme pressure keeps it solid?
What causes Tectonic Plates to move?
What are convection currents in the mantle?
What is the motion of particles in an S-wave?
What is up and down (perpendicular) motion?
What major landform is created from Divergent Boundaries?
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
How many seismic stations are needed to locate the Epicenter?
What is 3 (Triangulation)?