Layers of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Grab Bag
Natural Disasters
100
It is the thinnest layer of the Earth.
What is the crust?
100

It is when a plate goes under another plate. (Not the boundary, the specific definition)

What is subduction?

100
__________ is the super continent that used to have all the continents connected.
What is Pangea?
100
This is a natural disaster that can cool the entire world with ash put into the atmosphere.
What is a Volcano?
200
It is the layer of the Earth with convection currents.
What is the mantle?
200

___________ in the middle of a plate can create a volcano.

What is a hotspot?

200
Magma is called ________ when it reaches the surface.
What is lava?
200
It is a natural disaster that is caused by hot and cold fronts being swirled together.
What is a Tornado?
300
It is the layer that is solid iron.
What is the inner core?
300

It is the boundary that creates new crust.

What is a divergent boundary?

300

___________ is a natural disaster that hit Australia hard this year.

What is a wildfire?

300
A growing pile of deposited sediment at the mouth of a river.
What is a delta?
400
It is the layer of liquid iron.
What is the outer core?
400

It is the boundary where most earthquakes happen.

What is a transform boundary?

400

_______ and ________ are two examples of 4 possible pieces of evidence that supports continental drift theory and Pangea.

What is fossil evidence/mountain ranges/fit/oil deposits?

400
It is called ____________ when a flood is very quick.
What is a flash flood?
500
It is the theory of the plates moving slowly each year moving the land forms and changing the Earth.
What is Continental Drift?
500

It is the boundary where most volcanoes are created.

What is a convergent boundary or subduction?

500
Magma cools into ______________ and _____________ (2 main types of rock)
What is obsidian and pumice?
500

These are the 2 natural disasters we did projects on.

What are Earthquakes and Volcanoes?

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