Vocab
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Plates
Constructive/ Destructive Forces
100
The deepest layer inside the Earth is the:
Inner core
100
A sudden shaking or vibrations on Earth’s surface caused by sudden movement on Earth, often along a fault, a break in the Earth’s surface
What is an earthquake
100
Substance that flows out of volcanoes
What is lava
100
Theory that earth's lithosphere is divided into plates that move
What is plate tectonics
100
The process that destroys or wears down landforms
What are Destructive Forces
200
Pieces of the lithosphere that move around on top of the earth:
Tectonic plates
200
Deep cracks in the Earth's crust, where blocks slide against one another causing an earthquake
What are faults
200
Hot liquid material; the driving force that creates volcanoes
What is magma
200
The force that occurs when the plates of the Earth's crust are pushed into each other
What is compression
200
The process that breaks down rocks at or near the surface of the Earth.
What is weathering
300
The theory that continents can drift apart from one another and have done so in the past
Continental Drift
300
A scientist who studies rocks and learns about how the Earth is made up
What is a geologist
300
An opening in a volcano
What is a vent
300
When the Earth's crust is being compressed or sheared the ground is forced upward to produce
What are folded mountains
300
The process that raises or builds up the surface features of the Earth
What are Constructive Forces
400
The outermost rigid layer of the Earth
Lithosphere
400
The amount of energy released by an earthquake
What is magnitude
400
A wide, gently sloping cone formed from flowing lava
What is a shield volcano
400
When a rock changes its shape due to stress
What is deformation
400
The dropping or depositing of sediment by water, wind, or ice which can build "up" new land like a sand dune or a delta or sea shells on a beach
What is Deposition
500
All the gases around the Earth are called the:
atmosphere
500
The point on the Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point
What is the epicenter
500
Numerous volcanoes lying directly on tectonic plate boundaries in the Pacific Ocean form this
What is the Ring of Fire
500
The three types of tectonic plate boundaries
What are convergent, divergent, & transform
500
The movement of sediments and soil by wind, water, ice and gravity
What is erosion
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