Earthquakes
The shaking that results from the sudden movement of the crust.
What is
"Earthquake"
A person who studies volcanoes
What is
"Volcologist"
The one super-continent that was once all together on Earth.
What is
"Pangea"
Sun tilted away from earth
What is
"Winter"
The point on the fault where the rock breaks.
What is
"focus"
A ring around the pacific ocean
What is
"Ring of Fire"
Where two plates meet
What is
"Plate Boundary"
Sun tilted twards earth
What is
"Summer"
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus where the strongest shaking occurs.
What is
"epicenter"
Has erupted but is now inactive, but can erupt again
What is
"Dormant volcano"
The 3 types of plate boundaries?
What are
"Divergent boundary, convergent boundary, and transform boundary."
The changes earth goes through
What is
"Seasons"
A record of the seismic waves recorded by a seismograph.
What is
"seismogram"
A combination of cinder shield
What is
"Composite volcano"
The Earth's crust is broken into pieces called ______.
What are
"lithospheric plates."
Planet that goes through seasons like earth
What is
"Mars"
Name the 3 types of seismic waves from least to most destructive.
What is
" 1- P Waves,
2- S Waves,
3- L Waves"
Erupts continually or periodically.
What is
"Active volcano"
Name the 5 pieces of evidence for the theory of continental drift.
What are
"Coal fields, fossils, continents look like they fit together, folded mountain ranges, and glacial deposits."
Days and nights the same lengths all over the world
What is
"Equinox"