Lava!
Mount St. Helen's in a ____
Volcano
What is the San Andreas fault?
A deep visible crack in the Earth's crust, responsible for many earthquakes in CA
Where are the Himalayas?
On the border between India and Asia
How does an ocean trench form?
Convergent oceanic to oceanic plates collide
Mount St. Helens' is located in
Washington State in the Cascade Mountains
What was an infamous earthquake that happened there?
about 700 people died, lasted about a minute, very destructive
tallest mountain range in the world
Where is the deepest place in the world?
Mariana's Trench in the Pacific Ocean, by Guam and Mariana Islands
What type of plates caused Mt. St. Helens?
Convergent - ocean to continent Pacific into North American
What type of plate boundary is the Fault, how do the plates move?
Transform, plates slide past each other
What is the tallest mountain on Earth?
Mount Everest
Has anyone traveled into the Mariana Trench?
Deep Sea Challenger, James Cameron
Explain what happened in the 1980 eruption
57 people died, it was the most destructive eruption in US history
What and where is the East African Rift Valley? What are plates doing?
Located in East Africa, parts of Kenya, the earth is splitting apart- divergent creates a rift valley
How were the Himalayan mountains formed?
Convergent - continent to continent, when India crashed into Asia, the mountains keep growing every year
Where and what is the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
an ocean ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, formed by divergent plates in the ocean