Pangaea
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earth Layers
Vocabulary
100
all- earth or one super continent
What does the word Pangaea mean?
100
12 plates
how many large plates are there?
100
Which volcano has violent eruptions?
What is a cinder cone volcano.
100
How many main earth layers are there?
What is four.
100
what is lava?
Liquid magma that is pushed to the earth's surface.
200
12 plates
How many large plates are there?
200
when two plates bump into each other
this causes mountains to form
200
which volcano looks like a warrior's weapon?
What is a shield volcano.
200
Which layer is the widest?
What is mantle.
200
what is a dormant volcano?
A volcano that can be sleeping for many years and then all of a sudden erupt.
300
when two plates move up and down or slide past each other
earthquakes are formed
300
which volcano can erupt gently or explosively?
What is a composite or strato volcano?
300
which layer contains solid rock?
What is the inner core.
300
What is an extinct volcano.
When a volcano can never erupt again.
400
What is a hole on the top of a volcano called.
What is a crater.
400
when two plates move away from each other
when volcanoes are formed
400
what type of volcanoes are in Hawaii?
What are shield volcanoes.
400
which layer do we live on?
What is the crust.
400
What is the Ring of Fire.
An area in the Pacific Ocean where you find a lot of active volcanoes.
500
What is a tsunami?
What is a large wave that can be caused by a volcanic eruption.
500
which layer of the earth are the plates located in?
what is the mantle?
500
This volcano erupts cinder rocks.
What is a cinder cone volcano.
500
which layer contains liquid rock called magma?
What is the mantle.
500
What is a volcanologist?
What is a scientist that studies volcanoes.
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