What type of rock is caused by lava or magma cooling down and hardening?
Igneous rock!
100
How many layers are there in the earth?
There are 4 layers of the earth.
100
What is the process by which rocks are broken down?
Weathering is when rocks are broken down.
100
What is the most explosive type of volcano?
Strato-/Composite
100
What can cause a tsunami?
Underwater volcanoes and earthquakes!
200
How is metamorphic rock formed?
It is formed when another rock is cooked and smooshed!
200
What are the 4 layers of the earth (name them all!)?
Inner core, Outer core, Mantle, Crust
200
What is the name for broken down sediments being moved to another location?
Erosion is when sediment is moved to another location?
200
What is the tallest mountain in the world?
Mt. Everest.
200
Earthquakes can be caused by what type of plate movements?
They can be caused by convergence, subduction AND divergence!
300
What type of rock is made of sediments which layer and compress?
Sedimentary rock
300
How deep is the crust of the earth?
20-30 miles deep
300
What is it called when sediment is dropped into a new location?
Deposition is when sediment is dropped into a new location.
300
What type of volcano erupts and shoots out mostly just ash and cinders?
The Cinder Cone Volcano
300
What is the name of the line on which earthquakes occur?
What is a fault line!
400
If sedimentary rock gets melted in lava and cooled down, what type of rock does it become?
It becomes an igneous rock.
400
What is the thickest part of the earth where convection currents occur?
The mantle!
400
What is it called when plates move AWAY from each other?
Divergence is when plates move away from each other.
400
What is the longest mountain range in the world?
The Andes Mountains
400
What happens as tsunamis get closer to the shore?
They slow down but get bigger!
500
If igneous rock gets broken into sediments which layer and compress, what type of rock does it become?
It becomes a sedimentary rock!
500
What is the name of the super-continent that was theorized to have existed? (Bonus 100 points if you can also give the name of the scientist who had the theory!)
The super-continent was Pangea and the scientist was Alfred Wegener.
500
What is it called when plates move toward each other?
Convergence is when plates move toward each other.
500
Which type of volcano reformed the Hawaiian Islands?
The Shield volcano reformed Hawaiian Islands.
500
What is the name of the scale used to measure earthquakes?