Earth
Layers
Vocab
Volcanoes
100

What shape is the earth? 

round, sphere (will accept similar answers)

100

What layer do we live on? 

(hint: outer most layer)

The Crust

100

Definition: To send out lava, rocks, and ash in a sudden explosion

Eruption

100

what is a volcano? 

An opening in the Earth’s crust that is filled with hot gases and melted rocks. (will accept similar answers)

200

The earth has 4 L_____

Layers 

200

The inner core is made of up what metals? give me one. 

Iron + Nickel 

200

What is magma? 

hot, melted rock (will accept similar answers)

200

What layer of the earth does a volcano form on? 

(hint: the outer most layer where we live. The C___) 

The Crust

300

The Earth's layers are like which vegetable? 

Onion

300

Is the inner core liquid or solid? 

solid like a peach

300

What is a plume? 

something that makes a large, round shape. like a cloud of smoke or a feather
300

What layer(s) of the earth does magma come from? (hint: not the inner core or the crust) 

Outer core/ mantle

400

The Earth's inner core is like what fruit? 

A peach

400

Which is hotter: inner core or the crust? 

(remember, it gets hotter as we go into the center of the earth) 

the inner core

400

What is lava? 

hot, melted rocks (will accept similar answers)

400

What do we call hot, melted rocks underneath the surface? 

magma 

500

How many layers does the earth have? 

4 or more 
500

Just under the crust is what layer??? 

(hint: M)

Mantle

500

How are magma and lava different? 

magma is inside the crust, lava comes out after the volcano erupts (will accept similar answers)

500

magma rises to the surface and goes through a V___ before becoming lava (hint: look at inside of a volcano picture description) 

A vent 

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