pangaea
volcanoes
earthquakes
tsunami
Earths layers
100
Alfred Wegener
who came up with the theory of pangaea
100
hot spots
how were the Hawaiian islands created?
100
seismology
What is the study of earthquakes called?
100
Earthquakes, landslides and underwater volcanic eruptions
What can cause a tsunami?
100
crust
What is thin, solid outermost layer of the earth?
200
mesosaurus
What is the fossil called that proves Pangaea existed?
200
convergent boundary plate
what do you call two plates that collide to form mountians?
200
Richter Scale
What measures the energy of an earthquake?
200
Tsunami warning system
How will we know if there is a Tsunami warning where we live?
200
magma
What is the liquid rock produced under the earth's surface?
300
200-250 million years ago
How long ago did Pangaea exist?
300
cinder cone volcano
What is the most violent type of volcano?
300
Focus
What is the area of a fault where the first motion of an earthquake occurs?
300
RUN!!!!
What would you do if you saw a tsunami wave coming at you?
300
subduction
what do we call it when one plate moves beneath another as a result of tectonic forces?
400
Continental Drift theory
What caused the continents to drift apart from each other?
400
lava
What is magma called once it breaks through the surface?
400
Surface Waves
What is name of the most destructive type of seismic wave?
400
more than 200,000 people
How many people died from the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia?
400
transform fault boundary
What type of plate do we live on?
500
Pangaea Ultima
What is the name given to the next Pangaea 200 million years from now?
500
composite volcano
What type of volcano is Mt. Fuji?
500
San Andreas Fault
What is the name of the fault line that we live on?
500
the shore is shallow and causes the wave to become huge.
Why does a tsunami wave look small from the shore?
500
Mr Godoy
Who is your favorite science teacher this year?
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