Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Vocabulary
Science is Cool!
100

type of volcano that forms above a hot spot when magma erupts through the crust and reaches the surface

hot spot volcano

100

What are the 4 layers of the Earth?

crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

100

3 types of stress in the crust

tension, compression, shearing

100

area beneath Earth's surface where rock is under stress, starting an Earthquake

focus

100

3 forms of heat transfer

radiation, conduction, convection

200

3 locations where volcanoes can form

divergent boundaries, convergent boundaries, hot spots

200

When the mantle gets hotter what happens to its density?

it decreases, so the mantle rocks go up

200

3 types of faults

normal, reverse, strike-slip

200

Point on the surface directly above the focus

epicenter

200

name of "super continent" before it separated into continents

Pangea

300

4 types of volcanoes

composite, shield, lava dome, cinder cone

300

How do we call it when an oceanic crust gets under a continental crust and goes back to the mantle?

subduction

300

Shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface.

Earthquake

300

Large wave formed by an earthquake

tsunami

300

TRUE or FALSE

Mid-ocean ridges are places where oceanic crust sinks back to the mantle.

FALSE

deep-ocean trenches

400

volcano that has alternate layers of lava and layers of ash

composite

400

Boundary where 2 plates move away from each other

Divergent boundary

400

How do P waves move?

back and forth

400

melted mixture of rocks, gases and water from the mantle

magma

400

4 effects of earthquakes

liquefaction, aftershocks, tsunami, shaking

500

three stages a volcano goes through

active, dormant, extinct

500

Forces that cause the plates to move?

convection currents in the mantle

500

How do S waves move?

up and down

500

what do we call it when magma cools down inside a volcano

intrusion

500

How hot can magma and lava get?

From ______ °C to ______°C

750°C - 1175°C

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