Layers of the Earth
Vocabulary
Plate Movement
Volcanoes
Miscellaneous
100
Crust, Mantle, and Core
What are the three layers of our earth?
100
Earth's crust is broken into continent sized slabs called
What is plate
100
Mountains are formed when plates do this
What is plates that move together
100
Shield, Cinder cone, and Composite
What are the 3 types of volcanoes.
100
The principal at Whittier.
Who is Mrs. Goerdt?
200
The layer that we walk on
What is the crust?
200
A mountain that is formed when red-hot melted rock flows through a crack in earth's surface
What is a volcano
200
The location where plates move away from each other
What is ocean floors
200
Large mountains with gentle slopes
What is Shield Volcano
200
Mrs. Determan's daughter's name.
Who is Bianca?
300
core
What is the deepest layer of earth?
300
Melted rock inside the earth
What is magma
300
When one plate is pushed below another plate, this is formed
What is volcano
300
Small volcanoes with steep sides, made of hardened lava chunks
What is Cinder cone
300
Lines that are always the same distance apart
What is parallel?
400
mantle
What is the thickest layer of earth?
400
Melted rock that reaches earth's surface
What is lava
400
Plates moving past each other cause
What is earthquake
400
Medium sized mountains. Layers alternate from hardened lava and cinders.
What is Composite Volcano
400
The chance of an event happening
What is probability?
500
Two metals (nickel adn iron)
What is the core made up of?
500
Magma flows ont othe surface through a rocky opening called
What is vent
500
A few centimeters per year
What is the speed at which plates move.
500
This is created when a volcano erupts on the ocean floor.
What is an island?
500
The total, or result in addition
What is sum?
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