Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Igneous rocks
Volcanoes
Misc
100
What do plates that move together form?
What are volcanoes or mountains
100
What causes earthquakes
Earthquakes occur when the plates move
100
Name an igneous rock that floats
What is pumice
100
What is the top of a volcano called
What is the crater
100
Name the three layers of the Earth
What are crust, mantle, and core
200
What happens when the plates move side by side
What is an earthquake
200
What is the center of the earthquake called
What is the epicenter
200
Name an igneous rock that is used to build with
What is granite
200
How do volcanoes form?
What is a convergent plate boundary
200
Where did Mr McCarthy go with his wife and why is it important to this unit?
What is Iceland......
300
Name a place in California where the plates move side by side
What is San Andreas Fault
300
What instrument do we use to measure earthquakes and what does the data look like
What is a seismograph
300
Name an igneous rock that forms from cooled lava and it dark and dense
What is basalt
300
Name a famous volcano in Washington State
What is Mt Saint Helen's
300
How is an egg like the Earth's layers?
What are shell,whites, and yolk
400
What happens when the plates move apart
What is new land
400
What scale do we use to measure the intensity of earth quakes
What is the Richter scale
400
How do igneous rocks form
What is volcanic activity
400
What is magma called when it reaches the surface
What is lava
400
Name a group of islands in the Pacific that was formed by volcanoes
What are the Hawaiian Islands
500
Why do the plates move
What is they lie on top of a river of magma located under the crust
500
What causes tsunamis?
What are earthquakes in the ocean
500
What do igneous rocks tell us about what happened in the past
What is volcanic activity at some point in history
500
Name three types of volcanoes
What are cinder cones, shield cones, and composite cones
500
How are mountains built and name the tallest mountain range in the world.
What is a convergent plate boundary and the Himalayas.
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