Name that Disaster
Layers of the Earth
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Potluck
100
This natural hazard is formed when liquid magma under the crust of the earth finds its way to the surface.
What is a volcano?
100
These are hard, rigid pieces of rock that cover the earth's surface.
What are tectonic plates?
100
Liquid magma that erupts out of a volcano.
What is lava?
100
This is a section of the earth's crust that causes a earthquake when it moves.
What is a tectonic plate?
100
This is a small steep volcano.
What is a cinder cone volcano?
200
This natural hazard is caused by the movement of tectonic plates creating a shaking of the ground
What is an earthquake?
200
The layer of the earth that contains magma. This is also the largest layer of the earth.
What is the mantle?
200
Any solid material that comes out of a volcano during an eruption.
What is tephra?
200
This instrument is used to measure how much the ground shakes during and earthquake.
What is a seismograph?
200
This is the most common cause of a tsunami.
What is an earthquake?
300
This natural disaster is caused by a large ocean wave resulting from movement of the ocean floor.
What is a tsunami?
300
The innermost layer of the earth. It is believe to be a hard metal core.
What is the inner core?
300
The area deep inside the volcano that holds magma.
What is the magma chamber?
300
These are the two types of waves that are caused by an earthquake.
What are s waves and p waves?
300
This hurricane destroyed much of New Orleans in 2005.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
400
This is a funnel shaped storm characterized by high winds.
What is a tornado?
400
The outermost layer of the earth. It is also the thinnest layer of the earth.
What is the crust?
400
The area on the outside edge of the Pacific Ocean that has 80% of the world's volcanoes.
What is the Ring of Fire?
400
This is a scale from 1 to 9 that measures the strength of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale?
400
This word means the center of a storm. (example: hurricane, tornado)
What is the eye?
500
This is an organized rotating storm that forms in or near the tropics. (equator)
What is a hurricane?
500
This layer is in between the mantle and the inner core. It is believed to be liquid.
What is the outer core?
500
The long opening that connects the magma chamber to the crater.
What is the vent?
500
These are shocks or temors that occur after an earthquake.
What are aftershocks?
500
This is the slow movement of tectonic plates which cause the movement of continents.
What is continental drift?
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