Plate tectonics
Volcanoes
Mountains
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
Free space
Free space
100
A volcano that is not expected to erupt again.
What is an extinct volcano?
100
The mountain range near our home.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
100
Smaller quakes after a major earthquake.
What are aftershocks?
100
A volcano that has not erupted in the last 50 years but could erupt again.
What is a dormant volcano?
200
The number to tectonic plates scientists believe exist.
What is 13?
200
Blobs of lava that harden in the air.
What are bombs?
200
A series of mountain peaks in a given area.
What is a mountain range?
200
the name of the equipment used for detecting earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
200
A volcano formed from lava and solid material.
What is a composite volcano?
300
The theory that the earth's crust is composed of several floating plates.
What is plate tectonics?
300
Liquid melted rock that erupts out of a volcano.
What is lava?
300
The highest mountain peak on earth.
What is Mount Everest?
300
The center of earthquake activity (where it starts).
What is the focus?
300
The name of the volcano that recently erupted in Washington state?
What is Mount St. Helens?
400
The name given to the original landmass before the continents broke apart.
What is Rodinia?
400
The volcano that destroyed the city of Pompeii.
What is Mt. Vesuvius?
400
Mountains that form from accumulated rocks, lava, ash, sand, or other material
What are depositional mountains?
400
Richter scale measures _______________.
What is magnitude of an earthquake?
400
A volcano formed from lava.
What is a shield volcano?
500
The area where one tectonic plates slides under another.
What is subduction?
500
The area around the Pacific Ocean where most volcanoes are located.
What is the ring of fire?
500
Type of mountain created when rocks bend and push up.
What are fold mountains?
500
Huge waves that are triggered by earthquakes.
What is a tsunami?
500
A volcano that had one of the largest eruptions ever.
What is Krakatoa?
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