Earthquakes and Layers 1
Earthquakes and Layers 2
Earthquakes and Layers 3
Earthquakes and Layers 4
Other
100
True or False? About 80% of all earthquakes happen at the Ring of Fire
What is True?
100
When tectonic plates move we feel
what is an earthquake
100
Tectonic plates are _____ in motion
always/constant
100
The theory of continental drift suggests that the continents were once connected in a single supercontinent called?
What is Pangea?
100
what's the definition of matter?
What is anything that has mass and takes up space?
200
Animals have weird behavior prior to an earthquake
What is true?
200
When one plate sinks beneath another plate, this is known as?
What is subduction?
200
This thick, solid but slowly flowing layer lies directly beneath the crust.
What is the mantle?
200
How do the plates move? Fast, slow, or medium?
Slow
200
This is a pure substance made of only one type of atom.
What is an element?
300
When two plates slide past each other, this type of plate boundary is formed
What is a transform boundary?
300
This region around the edges of the Pacific Ocean has many earthquakes and volcanoes
What is the Ring of Fire?
300
This is the outermost layer where we live. It’s made of solid rock and is the thinnest layer.
What is The Crust?
300
When plates move apart, we say it is a _________ boundary
divergent
300
This type of heat transfers through direct contact?
What is Conduction?
400
What is the most likely place to feel an earthquake?
If you live near tectonic plate boundaries;
400
When plates move together we say it is a .......... boundary
convergent
400
What is released as energy when the tectonic plates suddenly move?
Seismic waves
400
What is earth's crust made of?
Tectonic plates
400
This type of heat transfers by electromagnetic waves?
What is radiation?
500
Name the 2 main types of tectonic plates
Oceanic and continental
500
How slow do tectonic plates move?
The speed of a fingernail growing
500
This is the layer that is below the mantle and is a liquid metal
what is outer core?
500
When does the aftershock occur?
After an earthquake
500
This layer of Earth is a solid metal ball due to the extremely high pressure
What is inner core?