Mount Up!
These mountains form when two continental plates collide.
What are folded mountains?
This hot, melted rock is found beneath Earth’s surface.
What is magma?
A break in Earth’s crust where rocks move.
What is a fault?
A tsunami is a very large and powerful type of this.
What is an ocean wave?
These are resources that can be replaced, like sunlight or trees.
What are renewable resources?
The Himalayas are still growing taller today because of this process.
What is plate tectonics/continental collision?
This hot, melted rock is found above Earth’s surface.
What is lava?
Earthquakes release energy in the form of these waves.
What are seismic waves?
Tsunamis are usually caused by this type of natural hazard under the ocean.
What are underwater earthquakes?
These resources, like coal and oil, take millions of years to form.
What are nonrenewable resources?
These mountains form when magma pushes up rock layers but doesn’t break through.
What are dome mountains?
This is how the magma moves through the volcano to erupt.
What is the magma chamber to the pipe to the vent?
The point on Earth’s surface directly above the earthquake’s focus.
What is the epicenter?
Tsunamis get bigger when they reach this part of the ocean.
What is the shore/coast?
The most widely used fossil fuel for energy.
What is coal?
These tall landforms are made when blocks of Earth’s crust drop down between faults.
What are fault-block mountains?
These volcanoes erupt quietly with runny lava, like those in Hawaii.
What are shield volcanoes?
The scale that measures the strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter scale?
Warning signs of a tsunami include the ocean doing this suddenly before rushing back.
What is water receding quickly?
These three natural, nonrenewable resources provide most of Earth’s energy.
What are coal, oil, and natural gas?
Mountains are often found here, where plates push together.
What are convergent boundaries?
This type of volcano is tall and cone-shaped, built from alternating lava and ash.
What is a composite/stratovolcano?
The place underground where an earthquake begins.
What is the focus/hypocenter?
Scientists use these instruments to detect changes in ocean level for tsunami warnings.
What are buoys/sensors?
Wind, solar, and hydropower are examples of these kinds of resources.
What are alternative/renewable energy resources?