Plate Boundaries
What are the moving plates on the Earth's crust called?
Tectonic Plates
What plate boundary causes earthquakes?
Transform
What is a rough estimate for the deaths of Pompeii? (Can be 20,000 off to receive points)
16,000
Give an example of a natural disaster (earthquake, volcano, tsunami) that is not YELLOWSTONE
many answers
What is the supercontinent that combined all countries and continents billions of years ago?
Pangea
Divergent
DivergentForms when two plates separate.
What plate boundary causes volcanos?
Where do the most volcanos form?
Ring of Fire
How many earthquakes were in 2022?
117
How do tsunamis occur?
Earthquakes in the ocean
Convergent
ConvergentForms when two two plates collide
Finish the name
Great _______ Earthquake
What state is Yellowstone Volcano in?
Wyoming
How many people have died from earthquakes between 1998-2017? (Answer can be 50,000 of to still receive points)
750,000
What other disasters occur because of plate boundries?
Flooding, landfalls, huge pot holes.
Transform
Forms when two plates slide past eachother
Where is Mt. St. Helens?
Washington
When was the last time Mauna Loa Erupted?
Late 2022
What was the deadliest earthquake of all time?
Tambora, Indonesia
How many volcanos erupted in 2020
27
Subduction
when a denser plates slides under the less dense plate.
Where was the The Sichuan Earthquake ?
China
How many volcanos are in the world? (Closest answer gets points)
1350
Where are the most volcanos?
The u.s
What is the average heat of magma (f)?
2200 (f)