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Volcanoes
Layers of the Earth
Rock Cycle
Earthquakes
Waves
100
What substance slowly flows out of a volcano?
What is lava/magma
100
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
What is the Crust?
100
What are the three main types of rock in the rock cycle?
What is Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic
100
What is the origin of an Earthquake?
What is the Focus
100
What do Seismic waves carry?
What is energy
200
This is where the magma is stored until released.
What is the magma chamber
200
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
What is the inner core
200
This rock is formed from the solidification of magma.
What is an Igneous Rock.
200
What instrument is used to measure Earthquakes?
What is a siesmograph
200
What are the types of seismic waves?
What is P-waves, S-waves, and Surface waves
300
The cloud of smoke that rises up after an eruption is called....
What is ash
300
What layer do convection currents take place in? (be specific)
What is the upper mantle/asthenosphere
300
What type if rocks are formed from the process of cementation?
What is Sedimentary rocks
300
What is the point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus?
What is the Epicenter
300
What waves can travel through only solids?
What is a S-wave
400
What do we call it when a Volcano releases magma from its opening?
What is an eruption
400
This is the ACRONYM for the layers of the Earth.
What is C.L.A.M.
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!! What rocks are made from intense heat and pressure?
What is Metamorphic rocks.
400
What kind of boundary causes most Earthquakes?
What is a transform boundary
400
This wave is felt by humans and animals on the surface of the Earth, and is the most destructive of them all.
What is a Surface wave
500
When volcanoes are still able to erupt they are...
What is active
500
List the layers of the Earth in order, from surface to center.
What is the Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
500
This is hot, melted rock from the Earth's mantle.
What is magma
500
This is the wave that originates from an Earthquake under the ocean.
What is a Tsunami
500
This wave can travel through both solids and liquids.
What is a P-wave