Types of Volcanoes
Name the 3 types of volcanoes.
Shield Volcanoes, Cinder Cones, Composite Volcanoes.
Name the 3 plate boundaries
Divergent, convergent, and transform boundary
What is the thinnest layer of the earth?
The crust
What natural disasters happen at plate boundaries
Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes,subduction, sea-floor spreading,
What is the smallest type of volcanoes?
A cinder cone volcanoes is the smallest and most common.
What happens at a convergent boundary?
Subduction happens at convergent boundaries
What is geologic time
The time since the earth was born, thousands, billions, millions
What were the cascade mountains formed by?
Volcanoes
Which of the volcanoes is Large and broad?
The shield volcanoes are the largest and broadest
What is the type of friction happens at a divergent boundary
Tension happens at a divergent boundary
What are paleontologists?
They are scientists that use evidence from rocks and fossils to understand when events occurred in history
What is the most destructive volcanoe?
The composite volcanoe is the most destructive volcanoe.
Who came up with the idea of Pangea
Alfred Wagner
What is the definition of a volcanoe
A volcanoe is an opening in the earths surface, where magma and gas erupts out of
What is the name of the volcanoes that form a ring in the ocean?
The Ring of Fire
What causes the plates to move?
The convection currents cycles in the mantle
Name all the layers of the earth in order from center to the outer
Inner core, outer core, asthenospher, lithosphere, crust