Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Vocabulary
Fill in the Blank
100
The person who suggested that all the continents were all connected as one large landmass
What is Alfred Wegener
100
The instrument that measures seismic waves
What is a seismograph
100
An opening in Earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava
What is a volcano
100
The large landmass that means "all land"
What is Pangaea
100
A ____ is an opening that magma flows out of
What is a vent
200
The theory that states that Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections
What is Theory of Continental Theory
200
What are waves that are generated by an earthquake
What is seismic waves
200
The opening of the volcano is called 
What is vent
200
What is crack in the Earth's crust called __________
What is fault
200
The _________ is the measure of the energy that is released during an earthquake
What is the magnitude
300
The sections that move on the plastic like layer of the mantle.
What is plates
300
The scale from 1-10 that is based on the height of the lines on a seismograph that does not have an upper limit
What is the Richter Scale
300
What are three types of volcanoes?
What is shield, cinder cone and composite
300
The sudden shaking of the Earth's crust is called ___________.
What is Earthquake
300
When hot rock is forced towards the cracks where it melts partially to form a _______
What is a hot spot
400
How do convection currents move?
What is in a circular pattern
400
The point where an earthquake begins is called 
What is focus
400
This particular volcano has explosive eruptions.  Lava explodes into the air and quickly hardens.
What is Cinder Cone
400
What are layers of the Earth?
What is crust, mantle, outer core and inner core
400
The ________________ are all in line because the Pacific Plate is moving over a stationary hot spot.
What is the Hawaiian Islands
500
When continental plates pull apart, they can form this.
What is a new sea floor
500
Name of the earthquake located in California?
What is San Andreas
500
Where in the U.S do most volcanic eruptions occur
What is Hawaii
500
Where two plates collide, they push up crust to form mountain ranges
What is Convergent Boundary
500
____________ proposed the theory about seafloor spreading
What is Harry Hess
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