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Mountains and large land masses
Volcanoes
What is coming out of your mouth
Earth
Earthquakes
100
Type of mountain formed when molten rock collects beneath an overlying rock layer, forcing the layer upward into a blisterlike structure
What is doomed mountain
100
Type of volcano consisting primarily of erupted volcanic ash and rock fragments held loosely together
What is cinder cone volcano
100
molten rock beneath the surface of the earth
What is magma
100
the study of the earth
What is geology
100
80% of the worlds earthquakes occur
What is circum pacific belt
200
type of mountain formed when rocks on one side of a fault are forced upward and the rocks on the other side are forced downward
What is fault block mountain
200
broad, gently sloping volcano made of large quantities of highly fluid lava that hardened into rock
What is shield volcano
200
a particle or block of solid volcanic ejecta
What is pyroclast
200
inner core of the earth is made of what type of matter
What is solid
200
The study of earthquakes
What is seismology
300
type of mountain formed when molten rock erupts from a hole in the earth's crust
What is volcanic mountain
300
volcano formed partly by explosive eruptions of ash and rock fragments and partly by mild lava flows
What is composite volcano
300
Ropy type lava
What is pahoehoe
300
The area between the upper mantle and the lower mantle
What is transition zone
300
Where are the effects of an earthquake most severe
What is epicenter
400
type of mountain formed when two rock layers are pushed together, causing the layer to buckle
What is folded mountain
400
blocky or crumbly lava
What is aa
400
the boundary line between the crust and the mantle
What is Mohorovicic discontinuity
400
the point deep in the earth at which an earthquake begins
What is focus
500
all the present day continents are thought to have been one land mass
What is Pangaea
500
the source of the actual volcanic eruption
What is magma chamber
500
a superheated cloud of gas and volcanic ash that pours swiftly down a volcanic slope
What is pyroclastic flow
500
te most abundant element in the earth's crust
What is oxygen
500
an earthquake caused by sudden movements of rock beneath the earths surface
What is tectonic earthquake