The Earth
The outermost layer of the earth
What is the crust?
Breaks in the earth's surface along which rock can move
What are faults?
What is magma?
Natural resources that can be replaced (like trees)
The smallest living unit
What is a cell?
The innermost layer of the earth?
What is the core?
The beginning point of an earthquake
What is the focus?
A scientist who studies volcanoes
What is a volcanologist?
Petroleum, natural gas, and coal
What are fossil fuels?
The smallest piece of an element that can be recognized as that element
What is an atom?
The layer of the earth between the crust and the core
What is the mantle?
The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus
What is the epicenter?
Melted rock that comes out of a volcano
What is lava?
Another name for crude oil
What is petroleum?
The control center of a cell
What is the nucleus?
The area consisting of the crust and upper mantle of the earth
What is the lithosphere?
A scientist who studies the movements of the earth
What is a seismologist?
A volcano that is never expected to erupt again
What is extinct?
Chemicals that are made from crude oil (like gasoline and plastic)
What are petrochemicals?
The positively charged particle inside an atom
What is a proton?
The places where tectonic plates meet
What are plate boundaries?
The scale used to measure the magnitude of earthquakes
What is the Richter scale?
A volcanic rock that can sometimes float?
What is pumice?
A solid fossil fuel formed from dead plants and animals
What is coal?
The jelly-like substance inside a cell
What is cytoplasm?