Earth
Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Biomes
100
The very center of Earth
What is the core?
100
A sudden violent movement and shaking of the ground
What is an earthquake?
100
Two plates collide
What is convergent boundaries
100
A big vent or fissure on Earth's surface
What is a volcano?
100
This biome has seasonly temperatures all year round
What is the Temperate Forest
200
the outer layer of Earth
What is the crust?
200
Determines how much damage was caused?
What is intensity?
200
These plates move away from each other
What are divergent boundaries?
200
Molten rock underneath earth's surface
What is magma
200
Region characterized by a specific type of climate and types of plants
What is a biome
300
The center layer of Earth
What is the mantle?
300
Determines how strong the earthquake is
What is magnitude?
300
These plates slide past one another
What are transform boundaries?
300
This word describes, magma, lava, and rocks, that are rich in iron and magnesium
What is the word mafic?
300
This biome receives only a little more rainfall than a desert does.
What are chaparrals?
400
The compositional layers
What is the core, crust, and mantle?
400
Where earthquakes happen alongside
What are faults
400
The theory that Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates that move around the top of the asthenosphere
What are plate tectonics?
400
This is underwater volcanic mountain chains that form where two tectonic plates are moving apart
What are mid-ocean ridges?
400
This biome has very cold temperatures and little rainfall
What is a tundra?
500
The physical layers of Earth
What is the lithosphere, asthenosphere, and mesosphere?
500
These waves are the fastest waves and are usually the first waves on an earthquake to be detected
What are P waves?
500
The surface along which rocks break ans slide past each other
What are faults
500
The magma that feeds the eruption pools deep underground
What is a magma chamber?
500
This tiny product floats around near the surface of the ocean
What are phytoplanktons?
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