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100

The person who suggested that all the continents were all connected as one large landmass

Who 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" that was a supercontinent

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 plate tectonics
200
The that waves that are generated by an earthquake
What is seismic waves
200
An area where Earth's plates are moving apart
What is Divergent Plate Boundary
200

A steep-walled depression around a volcano's vent. It is the vent a the top of the volcano

What is a crater

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 that that we use to measure earthquakes on. It is based on the height of the lines on a seismograph

What is the Richter Scale

300

Intrusive igneous rock forms in this way

What is beneath the surface of the earth

300
Where oceanic and continental plates collide and the oceanic plate plunges beneath the less dense continental plate
What is subdution
300

The Hawaiian Islands were formed as a result of this

What is a hot spot

400
The plastic like layer below the lithosphere
What is asthenosphere
400

The seismic wave that causes the most destruction

What is secondary waves

400

Where is the world's most volcanically active area?

What is the Ring of Fire?

400

When volcanic ash and debris rush down the side of the volcano

What is pyroclastic flow

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 Rift Valley
500
When the earthquake causes wet soil to act more like a liquid
What is liquefaction
500

Which island was covered in volcanic ash

What is Vesuvius?

500

Where two continental plates collide, they push up crust to form mountain ranges

What is a convergent boundary

500

____________ proposed the theory about seafloor spreading

Who is Harry Hess

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