Inside earth
The study of Earth found in the history of rocks is known as this?
What is Geology?
This device is used to measure earthquake
What is a Richter Scale?
All the air surrounding earth
What is atmosphere?
These rocks are made of sediment and fossils
What are sedimentary rocks?
An active volcano that is not erupting but could erupt again
What is a Dormant volcano?
This is the innermost part of the earth
What is Inner Core?
Hawaii is made of this type of volcano
What is shield volcano
This sphere consists of all the water on earth
What is Hydrosphere?
Volcanic rocks are also known as this?
What is igneous rock?
Earthquakes generally happen along these sometimes imaginary lines
What are fault lines?
Magma is found in this layer of earth
What is mantle?
Mt Fuji is an example of the most dangerous type of volcano on earth, formerly known as this volcano
What is Composite volcano?
This is the sphere where all weather changes take place
What is troposphere?
This rock is the mixture of sedimentary and igneous rock
What is Metamorphic?
Change in earths structure due to weather is known as
What is erosion?
This layer of earth is made of liquid iron and nickel
What is the outer core?
These giant waves are caused by earthquakes
What are tsunamis or tidal waves?
This earths sphere includes all living things
What is biosphere?
Smaller rocks created by bigger rocks being broken down due to weather is an example of this
What is weathering?
This layer of Earth is the thickest measuring 2900km
What is the Mantle?
This is the thinnest most outer layer of earth
What is Crust?
These are the smallest most common type of volcanoes
What is a cover cone volcano?
Tectonic plates are found in this earth sphere
What is Lithosphere?
The name for magma once it is released onto the earths surface
What is Lava?
These lines are created when tectonic plates rub, bang and cause friction against one another
What are Fault lines?