Earth’s Interior
Plate
Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Geology
Extras
100
Liquid hot plastic material in Earth’s mantle
What is “magma?”
100
Convection currents generate new crust in these oceanic regions
What are “divergent plate boundaries?”
100
Ash and cinder created from thick lava pile up around the vent forming this kind of volcano
What is a “cinder cone” volcano?
100
A machine used to record the strength of an earthquake
What is a “Seismograph?”
100
Although not currently active, these volcanoes may erupt any time within the next few thousand years.
What are “dormant” volcanoes?
200
Common term for “Lithosphere”
What is the “crust?”
200
A phenomenon in which old sea floor is thrust into the mantle where it burns up
What is “Subduction?’
200
Mt. Shasta is an example of one of these types of volcanoes
What is a “dormant” volcano? or What is a “composite” volcano?
200
Region where 2 parts of Earth’s crust slide against one another
What is a “transform plate boundary?” or What is a "fault"?
200
The “Ring of Fire” is an area of volcanism surrounding this large tectonic plate
What is the “Pacific” plate.
300
Protects the planet from dangerous, high energy solar radiation
What is the “magnetic field?”
300
When 2 continental tectonic plates collide, it forms one of these:
What is a “mountain range?”
300
Geologic formation courtesy of a collapsed magma chamber
What is a “caldera?”
300
Earthquakes can result from tension forces, compression forces, or this kind of stress in the crust.
What are “shearing” forces?
300
2 types of seismic waves
What are “P and S” waves?
400
A powerful force in the asthenosphere which drives plate tectonics
What is “convection?”
400
When magma reaches the Earth’s surface through volcanism, it is called this:
What is “lava?”
400
These volcanoes formed the Hawaiian islands
What are “shield Volcanoes?”
400
The “San Andreas” is an example of this kind of fault
Who is a “transform plate boundary?” or What is a“strike-slip fault”?
400
This can be found directly above the focus of an earthquake
What is the “epicenter?”
500
I’ll give you 5 cents if you can name this element found in Earth’s core
What is “Nickel?”
500
When magma cools inside the lithosphere, it usually forms this common igneous rock
What is “granite?”
500
2 types of lava
What are “Pahoehoe and Aa?”
500
A quake that measures “5” on the Richter scale is this many times more powerful than one that measures “4”
What is “ten?”
500
A mass of ash, cinder and hot rock hurled from a volcano with incredible force
What is a “Pyroclastic flow?”
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