CAUSE AND EFFECT
VOCABULARY
HISTORY/GEOGRAPHY
FACTS
FACTS
100
WHAT CAN VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ON LAND CREATE?
MOUNTAINS, OR FORM CRATERS THAT BECOME LAKES.
100
ANOTHER WORD FOR LAVA IS......
MAGMA
100
WHAT IS MOUNT VESUVIUS AND WHERE IS IT LOCATED?
AN ACTIVE VOLCANO IN NAPLES, ITALY.
100
WHAT IS AN ARCHEOLOGIST?
A PERSON WHO STUDIES PREHISTORIC PEOPLE AND CULTURES
100
WHAT IS THE INNER CORE MADE UP OF?
METALS
200
WHAT CAN VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS UNDERWATER CAUSE?
A SEA OR LAKE TO BOIL. THEY CAN ALSO FORM ISLANDS.
200
DEFINE INHABITANTS.
A PERSON OR ANIMAL THAT LIVES IN OR OCCUPIES A PLACE
200
WHAT WAS PRESERVED IN POMPEII? (NAME AT LEAST 3 THINGS)
PEOPLE, PETS, HOMES, FOUNTAINS, ART, THEATERS....
200
HOW MANY LAYERS DOES EARTH HAVE?
4
200
THE OUTER CORE IS HOW MANY MILES BENEATH THE SURFACE OF EARTH?
3,000 MILES
300
WHAT AREA CAUSES THE SHIFTING OF TECTONIC PLATES BELOW EARTH'S SURFACE? (HINT: LAYERS OF EARTH)
THE LOWER MANTLE.
300
WHAT IS ANDESITE?
A VOLCANIC ROCK THAT CREATES EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS!
300
WHAT 2 PLACES CAN YOU FIND A VOLCANO?
ON LAND AND ALONG THE OCEAN FLOOR.
300
NAME THE 4 THINGS THAT ERUPT FROM A VOLCANO.
LAVA, ASH, GAS, AND STEAM
300

TRUE OR FALSE. THE U.S.G.S. CAN MONITOR VOLCANIC ACTIVITY FROM OUTER SPACE.

TRUEEEEEEE
400
WHAT CAUSES VIOLENT VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS?
HEAT AND PRESSURE BUILDING IN THE VOLCANOES CHAMBERS AND PUSHING MAGMA THROUGH EARTHS SURFACE
400
WHAT IS A PLATE BOUNDARY? WHAT OCCURS THERE?
WHERE 2 PLATES MEET. MOST VOLCANOES OCCUR AT PLATE BOUNDARIES.
400
WHERE IS THE RING OF FIRE, AND WHAT IS IT?
BENEATH THE PACIFIC OCEAN. IT IS WHERE MOST VOLCANIC ACTIVITY HAPPENS ALONG THE PACIFIC PLATE.
400
WHAT DOES THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY USE SATELLITE TECHNOLOGY FOR?
TO MONITOR AND MEASURE PLATE SHIFTS AND VOLCANIC ACTIVITY
400
HOW MANY ACTIVE VOLCANOES ARE ON LAND AND IN THE OCEAN TODAY?
1,500 ON LAND AND 10,000 ON THE OCEAN FLOOR!
500
WHAT CAUSES A HIGHER RATE OF EARTHQUAKES AND VOLCANOES?
WHEN PLATES COLLIDE WITH OTHER PLATES AND THE EDGES COMPRESS!
500

WHAT IS A HOT SPOT? EX.

WHAT CAN IT CREATE? EX.

HOT REGIONS IN EARTH'S MANTLE THAT SPEW MAGMA ONTO EARTHS SURFACE! (PICO DO FOGO)

THEY CAN CREATE CHAINS OF ISLANDS (HAWAII)

500
NAME THE 7 MAJOR PLATES ON EARTH. (NAME AT LEAST 4)
AFRICAN, EURASIAN, ANTARCTIC, NORTH AMERICAN, PACIFIC, SOUTH AMERICAN, INDO AUSTRALIAN.
500
HOW DO VOLCANOES BECOME A CONE SHAPE?
BY PAST ERUPTIONS THAT PUSHED ROCK UP INTO THE FORM OF A CONE
500
WHAT ARE THE 2 TYPES OF VOLCANOES? EXPLAIN THEM?

1. DORMANT- SLEEPING AND HAVEN'T ERUPTED IN A LONG TIME ...OR EXTINCT

2. ACTIVE VOLCANOES- ERUPTING NOW OR HAVE ERUPTED

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