Volcanoes
Molten hot liquid rock that is still below the Earth's surface is called...
What is Magma
The portion of the Earth that moves in tectonic plates is called....
What is the Lithosphere?
This is the tallest mountain in the world.
What is Mt. Everest?
These are the smaller earthquakes that occur before a large earthquake.
What are foreshocks?
The spheres
hydrosphere, biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere
These rocks are formed when lava from a volcano cools.
What are igneous rocks (or basalt)?
The boundary between two tectonic plates is called....
What is a fault or plate boundary?
A geological formation must be this tall in order to be called a mountain.
What is 1,000 feet?
The land below the Earth's surface
What is hard, solid rock?
These are the 4 layers of the Earth.
What are the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core?
A volcano that has not erupted in a long time, but may erupt again is called....
What is a dormant volcano?
What it's called when two plates are getting pushed apart.
What is diverging or divergent?
Most mountains are formed by the movement of these.
What are tectonic plates?
This US state has the most earthquakes.
What is California?
This is Earth's thickest layer.
What is the mantle?
Molten hot liquid rock is called _____ once it erupts to the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
a natural spring that sends hot water and steam suddenly into the air from a hole in the ground
What is a geyser?
A giant continent millions of years ago
What is Pangea?
This is the location on the Earth's surface above where the earthquake began.
What is the epicenter?
something we observe to be similar over and over again
What is a pattern?
This state in the US has the most volcanoes
What is Alaska?
What is it called when two plates are getting pushed together.
What is converging or convergent?
The highest point of a mountain is this...
What is the "peak"?
There are this many tectonic plates that scientists categorize as 'major' plates.
What is 7?
an extinct reptile that lived about 300 million years ago
What is Mesosaurus?