Earth's Layers
Tectonic Plates
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Weathering
100
What is the earth's super-hot innermost center called?
The core
100
What is the boundary where the plates push together?
Convergent Boundary
100
What is the molten rock called after it comes out of a volcano?
Lava
100
What event happens from the sudden movement of the earth's crust?
An Earthquake
100
What is the process called of wearing down and breaking apart of rocks?
Weathering
200
What is the earth's cool outermost layer?
The crust
200
What is the boundary called where plates pull apart?
Divergent Boundary
200
What is a volcano called that is temporarily quiet?
Dormant
200
What is caused by an earthquake or a volcano on the sea floor deep under the ocean?
A Tsunami
200
What is the process called in which rocks are broken down by wind, water, animals, plants, or temperature?
Physical Weathering
300
What is the plastic-like layer found just below the crust called?
The Mantle
300
What is a boundary called where plates slide passed each other?
Transform Boundary
300
What is the opening of a volcano called?
A vent
300
What is the area in the Pacific Ocean called where most earthquakes and volcanoes occur?
The Ring of Fire
300
What is the process called in which rocks are decomposed or dissolved to form new materials?
Chemical Weathering
400
What is the dense liquid layer that circles the core?
The outer core
400
What is a crack in the earth's plates called?
A fault
400
What is the name of the place where the magma is contained under a volcano deep within the earth?
The Magma Chamber
400
What is the name of the first landmass on the earth before it broke apart to form continents?
Pangaea
400
What is an example of Physical Weathering
A worn down rock (or something similar)
500
What is the circular movement of heated magma that rises and sinks?
A convection current
500
What is the movement of the continents due to the shifting the crust plates called?
Plate tectonics
500
The cloud above some volcanoes is made up of what?
Ash
500
What is the scale that measures the strength of an earthquake?
The Richter Scale
500
What is an example of Chemical Weathering?
Acid Rain, Rust (or similar)
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