Movement of Earth's Crust
Volcanoes
Mountains
Earthquakes
Other
100
The dense center of the earth made of solid and melted metals.
What is the Core.
100
Mountain that develops where magma pushes up through the earth's surface.
What is a Volcano
100
Bending of rock laters that are squeezed together.
What is folding
100
Shaking of the earth's crust
What is earthquake
100
The theory the ocean floor spreads apart as mew crust is formed at mid ocean ridges.
What is Sea Floor Spreading
200
The later of the earth that surrounds the core
What is the Mantle
200
Round opening through which magma reaches the surface of the earth.
What is Vent
200
Break in the earth's crust along which movement occurs.
What is fault
200
Instrument that detects and records earthquake waves.
What is seismograph
200
Theory that the earth's surface is made of large sections of crust that move.
What is Plate Tectonics
300
The outer layer of the earth
What is the crust
300
Small volcano with steep sides and explosive eruptions: made of ash and rock
What is Cinder Cone
300
Break in the crust in which the overhanging block of rock has slid down.
What is normal fault
300
Point on the earth's surface directly over the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter
300
Large section of the earth's crust that moves.
What is plate
400
The theory that the major landmasses of the earth move.
What is Continental Drift.
400
Low, broad volcano with a wide crater: formed from thin layers of lava.
What is Shield Volcano
400
Break in the crust in which the overhanging block of rock has been raised.
What is reverse fault
400
Scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake.
What is the Richter Scale
400
Circular motion of a gas or liquid as it heats
What is convection current
500
The single landmass from which Alfred Wegener thought the continents separated millions of years ago.
What is Pangea
500
Tall volcano: formed from quiet lava flows that alternate with eruptions of ash and rock.
What is composite volcano
500
Break in the crust in which the blocks of rock move horizontally past each other.
What is strike slip fault.
500
Large sea wave caused by vibrations of the earth.
What is a Tsunami
500
The teacher of this class.
What is Mr White
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