Earth's Layers
The supercontinent that formed 300 million years ago.
What is Pangea
The bending, tiltign, and breaking of Earth's crust.
What is deformation.
The molten or partially molten rock material containing trapped gases produced under Earth's surface.
What is magma
The center part of Earth below the mantle.
What is the crust.
A series of extremely long waves that can travel across the ocean at speeds of 80km per hour.
What is a tsunami.
Hot ash and bits of rock.
What is pyroclastic materials.
The layer of rock between Earth's crust and core.
What is the mantle
The location along a fault at which an earthquake occurs.
What is a focus.
The resistance of liquid material.
What is viscosity.
Describes the large-scale movements of Earth's lithospere and explain how and why features in the earths crust form and continents move.
What are plate tectonics
The point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point, or focus.
What is an epicenter.
An expanded area of magma.
What is a magma chamber.
the outermost, rigid layer of Earth.
What is the lithospere
The sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its undeformed shape.
What is elastic rebound.