Rocks
Tectonic plates
The Earth
Earthquakes
Volcanoes and tsunamis
100
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is melted rock inside the Earth and lava is melted rock on the surface of the Earth.
100
The crust floats around on this
What is the mantle
100
The layer of the Earth we live on
What is the crust
100
The vibrations caused by earthquakes are called this
What is seismic waves
100
The type of volcano that is made of different types of eruptions
What is a composite or stratovolcano
200
Rocks formed from lava are called_______ and rocks formed from magma are called _______
Extrusive igenous rock and intrusive igneous rock
200
The ______________ currents in the mantle are caused by the movement of ___________.
What is convection and heat
200
The layer of the Earth made of melted rock
What is the mantle
200
These waves move through the Earth faster than the other waves
What are P-waves
200
This formation creates shield volcanoes
What is a hot spot
300
Rocks formed when atoms of a rock are rearranged
What is a metamorphic rock
300
A Divergent boundary creates this
What is new crust
300
The main compound rocks and the crust is made of
What is SiO2 (silicon dioxide)
300
Seismologists measure this to locate an epicenter
What is the time difference between a P-wave and a S-wave
300
These 2 processes can create a Tsunami
What is a landslide or an earthquake
400
The only tyoe of rocks to contain fossils
What are sedimentary rocks
400
The movement of the plates aorund the Earth is called
What is Continental Drift
400
The layer of the earth that is made of melted iron and nickel and creates the Earth's magentic field
What is the outer core
400
The place where the earthquake occurs in the Earth is called this
What is the focus
400
This is basic rock in each type of volcanic eruption: ash, pyroclastics, and lava flows
What is lava rock
500
All rocks are formed through __________ and ___________
What are heat and pressure
500
A subduction zone creates these ..... and most are found ....
What is volcanoes and the Ring of Fire around the Pacific Ocean
500
The division between the crust and mantle is called ________ and the division between the outer core and mantle is called ___________
What is the Moho and the Gutenberg discontinuity
500
The distance calulated from one seimograph provides you with this information
The radius of the circular distance between the seimograph and the epicenter
500
This process changes lava rock into sedimentary rock
What is the rock cycle
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