Hot, Hot, Hot
what is magma called when it reaches the surface.
lava
a giant wave caused by an earthquake
tsunami
one of Earth's main continuous areas of land
continent
the hottest layer of the Earth
core
these parts of our body keep growing throughout our lives
nose and ears
the hottest layer of the Earth
the core
the main cause of earthquakes
when two plates collide
to examine in detail for a purpose
analyze
the type of boundary is most likely to make a volcano
convergent plate boundary
the first human to step on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
T or F - an earthquake can cause a volcano to erupt
True
This US state has the most earthquakes
What is California (or Alaska)
a diagram that shows what the inside of something looks like
cross section
When two plates move away from each other
divergent (or diverging)
How many teeth most adult humans have
32
a volcano that hasn’t erupted in the last 10,000 years and is unlikely to erupt in the future
extinct
Name of the agency that provides a website where you can look up earthquake data
USGS - United States Geologic Survey
moving toward the same place
convergent
plates are the broken sections of what sphere?
lithosphere
the three states of matter
solid, liquid, gas
Volcanoes were named after this Roman god of fire
Vulcan
What is a seismograph?
A machine to measure earthquakes
the layer of soft, solid rock underneath Earth's plates
mantle
the theory that describes the motion of Earth's plates
Continental Drift Theory
the most abundant natural gas in our atmosphere
nitrogen (@ 78%)