Volcanoes
This hot, melted rock comes out of a volcano during an eruption.
What is lava?
The Earth's crust is broken into these large pieces.
What are tectonic plates?
This is the word for how hot or cold something is.
What is temperature?
This natural source of light rises in the morning.
What is the Sun?
This fluffy white thing in the sky brings rain or snow.
What is a cloud?
This melted rock is found under the Earth's surface.
What is magma?
When two plates push against each other, this natural disaster often happens.
What is an earthquake?
This tool measures temperature.
What is a thermometer?
When light bends as it passes through water or glass, it's called this.
What is refraction?
When warm, moist air rises quickly, it can cause this violent storm with thunder and lightning.
What is a thunderstorm?
Volcanoes are often found at the edges of these giant Earth plates.
What are tectonic plates?
This supercontinent existed millions of years ago before the plates moved apart.
What is Pangaea?
This is the type of heat transfer that happens through direct contact.
What is conduction?
This happens when an object blocks light and creates a dark area behind it.
What is a shadow?
This spinning storm forms over warm ocean water and has very strong winds.
What is a hurricane?
The bowl-shaped opening at the top of a volcano is called this.
What is a crater?
This type of boundary happens when two tectonic plates move toward each other and collide.
What is a convergent boundary?
When heat moves through liquids or gases (like boiling water), it's called this.
What is convection?
When light bounces off a smooth surface, this process occurs.
What is reflection?
This type of storm can drop chunks of ice from the sky, even in warm weather.
What is a hailstorm?
This is the name for a volcano that hasn’t erupted in a very long time but might still erupt again.
What is a dormant volcano?
This is the region where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, often causing volcanic activity.
What is a subduction zone?
This type of energy transfer happens through space, like how the Sun heats Earth.
What is radiation?
When light passes through a clear material, like glass or water, it undergoes this process.
What is transmission?
This cycle moves water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.
What is the water cycle?