This is the plate boundary for two plates moving away from each other. It is visible.
What is a divergent boundary?
100
One of the Composition layers of Earth which has the most mass
What is the Mantle?
100
Rock made out of sediments.
What is sedimentary rock?
100
The slowest kind of seismic wave.
What is a P wave?
100
This volcano is large, but with gentle slopes. It erupts with mostly lava every time.
What is a shield volcano?
200
The plate boundary for two plates sliding past each other in opposite directions.
What is a transform boundary?
200
This layer is the only liquid layer.
What is the Outer Core?
200
This is the point on the surface above where the earthquake originated.
What is the epicenter?
200
This volcano erupts with mostly pyroclastic material. It has very steep sides, and its ash and gas are very destructive. After it becomes extinct, however, it erodes quickly.
What is a cinder cone?
300
This is the force for a convergent boundary.
What is compression?
300
This layer is broken into tectonic plates. Part of it is in the mantle, part is in the crust.
What is the lithosphere?
300
The strongest earthquakes USUALLY occur along this type of fault.
What is a reverse fault?
400
This is the fault type of a convergent plate boundary.
What is a reverse fault?
400
This layer is below the lithosphere. Tectonic plates "float" on it.
What is the Asthenosphere?
400
The slowest type of wave. It does the most damage.
What is an L wave?
500
The force for a transform boundary
What is shear?
500
The layer tectonic plates "float" on top of.
What is the Asthenosphere?
500
Haiti's "Killer Quake" in 2010 was caused by this type of fault.