Earth's Interior
This is the layer we live on.
Crust
What kind of wave travels through the liquid outer core?
P waves only
What are the 3 FORMS of volcanoes?
Shield volcano
Cinder cone volcano
Composite volcano
What is the name of the plate boundary when 2 plates come together?
Convergent plate boundary
Which greenhouse gas gets released from forest fires?
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
This layer has the plates
Lithosphere
Which kind of earthquake wave does NOT travel through the liquid outer core?
S waves
If magma has a lot of silica, what kind of eruption happens?
Very explosive
Divergent plate boundary
Which greenhouse gas gets released from melting permafrost?
Methane
This layer is liquid metal (mostly iron)
Outer core
What are the 3 types of earthquake waves?
P waves (primary)
S waves (secondary)
Surface waves
The Pacific plate is SUBDUCTING on all sides.
What is the name of the plate boundary when the plates slide past each other?
Transform plate boundary
The term for a lake that was once part of a river's meander.
Oxbow lake
How do scientists know about the earth's interior?
Rock samples and seismic waves
What do we call the area that does NOT detect any seismic waves?
Shadow zone
What causes the Hawaiian chain of islands?
A stationary HOT SPOT under a moving plate
What happens when oceanic crust meets continental crust?
The oceanic crust subducts underneath the continental crust.
Igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
This layer is known to flow like putty
Asthenosphere
What do we call the area surrounding the Pacific Ocean that has a lot of earthquakes?
Ring of Fire
What kind of volcanic eruption would you in Hawaii?
Quiet eruption
What topographic feature would form when you have continental-continental converging plates?
Mountain ranges could form
The name of the area of WI that never had any glaciers pass over it.
Drift-less area