Earth's Layers
What is Earth's outermost layer?
The crust
Where is the Ring of Fire?
Around the Pacific Ocean in a ring
What is lava?
Magma that has touched the air
What is a tsunami?
The affect of an underwater earthquake resulting in a giant wave
What layer is the ocean floor made of?
The crust
What is the innermost layer?
The inner core
Why is it called the Ring of Fire?
Volcanoes form a ring that make up the Ring
Where is the magma kept?
In the magma chamber
Where do earthquakes form?
The hypocenter or epicenter
How does a trench form?
Two tectonic plates converge into each other and bend down to make a trench
What is the Mantle mostly made of?
How lava and rock
What two major tectonic plates make the Ring of Fire?
The North American plate and the Eurasian plate?
Which volcano is wider than it is tall?
The shield volcano
How tall can a tsunami grow?
200 feet
What is the difference between a continental shelf and slope?
The slope is like if you are sledding down a hill and the shelf is like a bookshelf
Name the layers in order from the outermost to the innermost layer.
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, and Inner core
Can Mount Everest fit inside the world's largest trench in The Ring of Fire?
Yes
Which is the most dangerous type of volcano?
A composite volcano
Which boundary do earthquakes occur from?
Transform boundary
A prairie
How thick is the mantle?
1,800 miles thick
What island in the Ring of Fire is made of volcanoes?
Hawaii