Pangaea
What are plates?
Plates are pieces of Earth's crust that move over time.
What is The San Andres Fault line
What plate boundary movement causes volcanoes to erupt?
Convergent Boundary
The most famous falt line caused by Earthquakes
What is the San Andres Falt line
The dark, fine rock
What is Basalt
The German scientist who discovered Pangaea
Who is Alfred Wegener
The Plate Tectonic boundary where the two plates slide past each other side by side
What is Transform Boundary
The most famous volcano that erupted in 79 AD near the Bay of Naples in Italy
What is Pompeii
What causes Earthquakes?
Name the layers of the Earth starting from the outside going to the middle.
Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core
What's an example of two continents that were once together, but separated over time?
North America and Eurasia, Australia and Antarctica, and South America and Africa
The Plate Tectonic boundary where the two plates collide and sometimes slide under one another
What is Convergent Boundary
The liquid rock that comes out of volcanoes is called what when it comes out of a volcanic eruption?
The scale made to feel the ground move and tell what Magnitude the Earthquake is
What is the Richter Scale
What two materials are the Core made of?
Nickle and Iron
The two continents that have been together throughout Pangaea
What is Eurasia (Europe and Asia)
The Plate Tectonic boundary where the two plates are pulling away from each other in opposite directions
What is Divergent Boundary
What state is Mount St. Helen's located?
In the state of Washington
The equipment used to record Earthquake movements
What are Seismometers
The uppermost part of the Mantle
What is the Lithosphere
Explain one piece of evidence to support the fact that the continents are moving
Fossils: The fossil remains show that animals lived in Antarctica, which is extremely cold and if they lived there, they wouldn't have been able to survive.
Glaciers: There are glacier scratches in warm places where they couldn't have been cold enough for glaciers to be made there.
Rocks: There are the same type of rocks found in areas that aren't connected like South America and Africa. The only explanation is that the continents moved.
What is formed when a divergent boundary takes place?
A rift valley
My greatest fear? (And no, don't say, "Volcanoes" be specific)
What is the Yellowstone Culdera
There are many fault lines in California. How many specifically?
Trick Question! Scientists only thought there were 5 or 6, but really there are a lot of fault lines that branch off one another.
Describe the features of all 4 of Earth's layers
Crust: Made of Solid rock
Mantle: Made of hot rock
Inner Core: Made of solid metal
Outer Core: Made of molten metal