Boundaries
Heat Transfer
Layers of the Earth
Volcanoes
Potpourri
100
The area where plates meet
What are plate boundaries
100
The form of heat transfer that is responsible for the currents in the mantle
What is convection
100
The thin outer layer of the Earth
What is the crust
100
The name given to the area where most volcanoes occur
What is the Ring of Fire
100
Scientists who study the forces that make & shape the planet Earth
What are Geologists
200
Boundary where plates slide past each other in opposite directions
What are transform boundaries
200
The form of heat transfer that is responsible for how we feel heat from the sun
What is radiation
200
The thickest layer of Earth; has a wide range of physical properties
What is the mantle
200
They are wide & sloping and usually have very calm, quiet eruptions
What are shield volcanoes
200
The first person to propose the theory of continental drift
Who is Alfred Wegener
300
The boundary that is responsible for the formation of mountains
What are convergent boundaries
300
Type of heat transfer through direct contact
What is conduction
300
Extreme pressure causes this layer to be a solid ball of Iron & Nickel
What is the inner core
300
Cone shaped volcano with a crater like opening
What is a cinder cone volcano
300
Breaks in Earth's crust where rocks push past each other
What are faults
400
The boundaries found on the sea floor
What are divergent boundaries
400
Heat transfer through movements of a heated fluid
What is convection
400
The soft layer of the mantle where the convection currents occur
What is the asthenosphere
400
Type of volcano that is formed of alternating layers of lava & ash; Mt. Vesuvius is an example of this
What is a composite volcano
400
These are responsible for the movement of Earth's plates
What are convection currents
500
The boundary that would cause a rift valley
What is a divergent boundary
500
The crust along with the rigid upper part of the mantle makes up this layer; broken into sections called plates
What is the lithosphere
500
A volcano whose magma chamber has been emptied and collapses, forming a crater-like hole
What is a caldera
500
The types of forces that wear away the features on the Earth are called this
What are destructive forces
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