Slowly Drifting Away
Step up to the Plate
It's not my Fault
Just Let Me Vent
Disastrous Effects
100
the large land mass that was once contained all the continents
What is Pangea
100
the theory that states that the earth's crust and part of the mantle are broken into pieces.
What is plate tectonics
100
vibrations felt from an elastic rebound
What is an earthquake
100
A cone shaped mountain where lave, gasses, and solids are spewed out
What is a volcanoe
100
A long crack caused by a divergent plate boundary
What is a rift
200
states that continents have moved slowly to their present location
What is continental drift
200
The crust and the upper mantle make up this
What is lithosphere
200
The surface above a break where rocks have moved
What is a fault
200
Magma on the Earth's Surface
What is lava
200
a seismic sea wave
What is a tsunami
300
hot, less dense lava, pushes the seafloor away from the ridge
What is seafloor spreading
300
The plastic-like layer below the lithosphere
What is the asthenosphere
300
earthquake waves
What are seismic waves
300
The build up of basalt layers with gentle sloping sides with lava high in iron and magnesium
What is a shield volcano
300
A device used to measure seismic waves
What is a seismograph
400
Sections of the crust that move on a plastic like layer of the mantle.
What are plates
400
The cycle of heating, rising, cooling, and sinking
What is convection current
400
The point inside the earth where movement occurs
What is the focus
400
A volcano with short, moderate to violent eruptions of mostly gas.
What is a cinder cone volcano
400
a large rising body of magma
What is a hot spot
500
the age of the rocks away from the ridge
What are older
500
Form where earth's crust separates
What are rift valleys
500
the measure of the energy released by an earthquake
What is magnitude
500
A steep sided mountain composed of alternating layers of lava and tephra. Violent eruptions.
What is composite volcanoe
500
a building that can withstand earthquake vibrations is considered this
What is seismic safe
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