Layers of the Earth
How many layers of the Earth are there? Be specific!
5 layers
What are the puzzle pieces of Earth's crust called?
Tectonic plates
Mountains form from the movement of what?
Tectonic plates
What is a volcano?
A mountain with a vent where magma, rock fragments, gasses, and hot vapor are released.
When tectonic plates rub against each other and release lots of energy.
Name the outer layer of the Earth.
The crust
Some scientists believe that the world used to be one large landmass called what?
Pangea
What are the 3 types of mountains?
Folded, volcanic, and fault-block mountains.
How many main types of volcanoes are there?
4
The name of an earthquake that happens in the ocean.
Tsunami
Name the layers of the Earth in order.
Crust, upper mantle, lower mantle, outer core, inner core
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries called?
Convergent, divergent, and transform
What are the 3 types of faults?
Normal, reverse, and strike-slip faults.
Dormant
The name of the tool that people can use to measure the strength of an earthquake.
Seisomometer
What state of matter is the outer layer of the Earth?
Solid
What is a subduction zone?
Where 2 plates converge (meet) and one goes up and over and the other goes down and under, and the one that lowers will melt into magma.
This mountain forms when continental plates collide.
Folded mountain.
This is the least dangerous type of volcano created from magma that is thrown into the air and cools into cinder shapes.
Cinder Cone
Where do earthquakes form by or on?
Plate boundaries
What state of matter is the outer core?
Liquid
What is the difference between convergent, divergent, and transform boundaries?
Convergent: plates that meet together
Divergent: plates that pull apart
Transform: plates that rub against each other
This fault forms when plates move past each other horizontally.
Strike-slip fault.
This type of volcano is very dangerous and explosive. It has multiple lava channels where magma can flow out of.
Composite or Stratovolcano
Name a famous transform plate boundary and fault zone.
The San Andreas Fault