Layers of the Earth
Earth's Boundaries
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Faults and Forces
100
This layer has the greatest fluctuation in depth.
What is the crust?
100
The three types of boundaries.
What are divergent, convergent, and transform?
100
This type of boundary causes earthquakes.
What is a transform boundary?
100
The liquid inside of a volcano.
What is magma?
100
Force of a normal fault.
What is tension?
200
The two types of crust.
What is oceanic and continental?
200
This boundary forms earthquakes.
What is a transform boundary?
200
The slowest seismic wave.
What is a secondary wave?
200
The boundary volcanoes are formed over.
What is a convergent boundary? (Continental-Oceanic, Oceanic-Oceanic)
200
Land form of a normal fault.
What is a fault block mountain?
300
This is the densest layer.
What is the inner core?
300
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge is formed by this boundary.
What is a divergent boundary?
300
This state in the continental U.S. has the most earthquakes.
What is California?
300
The opening magma flows from.
What is a vent?
300
The fault of a compression force.
What is reverse?
400
This layer holds convection currents.
What is the mantle?
400
This boundary forms mountains.
What is a convergent boundary? (Continental-Continental)
400
The fastest seismic wave.
What is a primary wave?
400
The closest volcano to South Carolina.
What is Mt. St. Helen's?
400
Land form created by a compression force.
What are folded mountains?
500
This layer causes the magnetic field.
What is the outer core?
500
A subduction zone is formed by this boundary.
What is a convergent boundary? (Continental-Oceanic and Oceanic-Oceanic)
500
The process used to find the epicenter of an earthquake.
What is triangulation?
500
Area of the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes are common.
What is the Ring of Fire?
500
The force of a strike-slip fault.
What is shearing?
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