Layers of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
100
The compositional layer of Earth that is the outermost, thin layer made mostly of oxygen and silicon
What is crust
100
What is the difference between magma and lava
What is lava is on the surface of Earth, magma is inside the Earth
100
Any opening in the surface of the Earth where lava, gas, and ash can escape
What is a volcano
100
a crack in the earth's surface
What is fault
200
The flexible middle layer with more magnesium in it
What is the mantle
200
The evidence discovered to support continental drift
What is fossils, landforms, and sea floor spreading
200
A very large volcano but not very explosive or destructive
What is shield
200
famous California fault
What is San Andreas
300
The layer that is mostly iron and nickel
What is the core
300
The ancient supercontinent
What is Pangaea
300
The most destructive and explosive volcano
What is composite
300
deepest earthquakes occur on this boundary
What is convergent
400
The layer that is part of the core and is liquid
What is the outer core
400
The distance plates move each year
What is several inches
400
the boundary that produces composite volcanoes
What is convergent
400
shallow earthquakes occur on this boundary
What is divergent
500
The layer that the Earth's plates are a part of
What is the lithosphere
500
The rising of regions of the crust
What is uplift
500
the type of volcano that made Hawaii
What is shield
500
where most earthquakes and volcanoes take place
What is Ring of Fire
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