Volcanoes
This is the name of a ring of volcanoes that surround the pacific ocean due to the subduction of oceanic plates
The Ring Of Fire
Point below earth's surface where an earthquake starts
focus
Inner most layer of the earth
Inner Core
The name of the "supercontinent" that used to be all continents joined together
Pangea
This geographic region in North Carolina has both the richest and poorest soil.
Coastal Plain
Two types of basaltic lava
Pahoehoe, AA
Which earthquake wave is fastest?
P waves
Outermost layer of the earth
Crust
This theory helped prove how continents can move
Sea floor spreading
This type of rock is made mostly of pieces of other rocks that have been "glued" together
Sedimentary
Which pyroclastic material is smallest?
Blocks or Lapilli?
Lapilli
Point ON earth's surface directly above the focus
Epicenter
The only liquid layer of earth
Outer core
These are the three types of convergent plate boundaries.
Oceanic-Oceanic
Oceanic-Continental
Continental-Continental
Formed by heat and pressure
Metamorphic
What is the only type of boundary that you will not find volcanoes near?
Transform
Which earthquake scale measures magnitude?
The Richter scale
Where convection currents happen
Mantle
This man proposed the theory of Sea Floor spreading in 1960
Henry Hess
Name the process where sediments become "glued" together
Cementation
Name the three types of volcano
Stratovolcano, Shield, Cinder cone
Name the three types of stress present at faults
Tension, Shear, Compression
Another name for lower mantle
Mesosphere
Transform boundaries create long ______ and shallow earthquakes.
faults
What size crystals are formed by the quick cooling of lava?
Small/ Fine