Earth - General
The study of the earth and its structure
Geology
The sudden movement of a tectonic plate under the ocean floor can cause this monstrous wave
Tsunami
Magma
the study of caves
speleology
The area surrounding a magnet
magnetic field
A scientist who studies the structure of the earth
Geologist
The break that appears at the boundary between 2 moving masses of rock
Fault
The Reservoir of magma a few miles beneath the surface
Magma Chamber
A mineral formation in a cave that hangs from the ceiling
stalactite
The ends of the magnet where the magnetic field is the strongest
poles
Outermost layer of the earth
Crust
Name of the Earthquake Scale
Richter Scale
Name given to melted rock that has reached the earth's surface
Lava
A mineral column formation that grows on the cave floor
stalagmite
The region of space affected by the earth's magnetic field
magnetosphere
The innermost region of the earth
Core
The study of earthquakes
Seismology
Holes or cracks serving as escape vents for underground gases
Fumaroles
When a stalagmite and stalactite join together
Column
Auroras
Underwater mountain range where plates of the earth's crust are thought to be moving away from each other
Mid-Oceanic Ridge
The point under the ground where an earthquake begins
Focus
The belt of volcanoes that encircles the Pacific Ocean
Ring of Fire
The kind of rock in which solution caves usually form
limestone
The stream of harmful particles that flows from the sun
solar wind