Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Earth's Layers
Boundaries
Parts of a volcano
100
A scientist who studies the properties that shape Earth.
What is geologist?
100
the idea that the Earth's 7 continents were once attached in a super continent.
What is Pangea?
100
the layer of rock that forms the Earth's outer surface.
What is crust?
100
a fault where two plates PUSH together
What is convergent boundary?
100
tiny particles of blasted rock that come out of a volcano
What is steam and ash?
200
magma that has reached the surface of the Earth.
What is lava?
200
melted rock under the Earth's surface
What is magma?
200
the layer of hot, solid material between the Earth's crust and core.
What is mantle?
200
fault where two plates spread apart
What is divergent boundary?
200
when lava pours ot onto the Earth from a crack or a vent
What is lava flow
300
a machine that measures earthquakes
What is seismograph?
300
the shaking and trembling of the Earth's surface
What is earthquake?
300
the layer of molten iron and nickel that surrounds the inner core of the Earth.
What is outer core?
300
a fault where two plates rub in opposite directions
What is transform boundary?
300
a passage for magma to go through in a volcano
What is conduit?
400
the rating system that measures earthquakes
What is Richter scale?
400
a volcano that is erupting
What is active volcano?
400
a dense sphere of solid iron and nickel in the center of the Earth.
What is inner core?
400
an action that occurs at a convergent boundary where one plate goes underneath another plate.
What is subduction?
400
a circular hold or depression formed by a volcanic explosion or collasped.
What is crater?
500
the theory that the continents are always moving
What is Continental Drift?
500
a large wave produced by an underwater earthquake
What is tsunami?
500
the amount of force pushing on a surface or an area.
What is pressure?
500
a crack in the Earth's surface.
What is fault?
500
a crack on the slope of a volcano
What is fissure?
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