Earths layers
Boundaries
Pate tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
100
This is the hottest layer of the earth..
Inner Core
100
This is the name of the zone where the oceanic crust gets pushed under the continental crust.
Subduction zone
100
What is the name of the super continent that existed over 200 million years ago
Pangea
100
Molten rock beneath the earth's surface.
Magma
100
What do seismologists use to determine when an earthquake started?
Seismograph
200
Plates float on top of the ______?
Asthenosphere
200
This picture represents what type of boundary
Divergent boundary
200
Why do earthquakes occur? Because of ____?
Plate movement
200
A region of volcanic activity in the middle of a tectonic plate.
Hot spot
200
What is the measurement of the strength of an earthquake called?
Magnitude
300
This layer is made from iron and nickel (in a liquid state)
outer core
300
This picture represents what type of boundary ?
Transform Boundary
300
Mid-ocean ridges and sea floor spreading are a result of this type of plate boundary ?
Divergent plate boundary
300
This is molten rock above ground.
Lava
300
What is the point inside Earth where an earthquake begins?
Focus point
400
The lithosphere is broken into sections called ______
Tectonic plates
400
A continental-continental convergent boundary creates this natural feature
Mountains
400
The theory of why the shoreline of continents fit together
Hint: you can find fossils and plant life in opposing environments
Continental drift
400
What is a volcano called when it is most likely to not erupt soon?
Dormant Volcano
400
What are the fastest seismic waves that can travel through solids, liquids, and gases called?
P- waves
500
The inner core is composed of solid what?
Iron
500
An oceanic-oceanic convergent boundary creates this natural feature.
Island arcs
500
The Himalayan mountains are a result of what boundary?
Convergent boundary
500
This is when magma heats water underground and it is trapped.
geyser
500
What waves stretch rock sideways and cannot travel through liquids?
S- waves