PLATE TECTONICS
EARTH'S INTERIOR
EARTHQUAKES
MISCELLANEOUS
100
What is the type of plate boundary when two plates are colliding?
What is convergent?
100
The names of the four layers of the earth.
What is inner core, outer core, mantle and crust
100
These waves are created by earthquakes underneath the ocean
What is tsunami?
100
Name of the landmass before the continents drifted apart.
What is pangaea?
200
Causes the plates to move.
What are convection currents
200
This is the only liquid layer of the Earth
What is outer core?
200
The name of this instrument
What is seismograph/seismometer?
200
This can occur at any plate boundary to release stress.
What is an earthquake?
300
San Andreas Fault is associated with this type of boundary
What is transform plate boundary?
300
The density of the outer core is
about 11 g/cm3
300
The name of the place directly above the focus
What is epicenter?
300
The place inside Earth's crust where an earthquake originates.
What is the focus?
400
What type of geologic feature is created at this boundary? (And no, volcano is not the answer)
What is a trench?
400
As depth increases, temperature, pressure, and density....
all increase
400
What is one immediate action you can take when a tsunami is approaching?
Go to higher grounds
400
What can people do to reduce the loss of life due to future earthquakes?
various answers such as create buildings that can sway, have emergency kits, build on solid bedrock, or secure heavy objects so the shaking will not cause them to fall over on people.
500
Mid-ocean ridges are associated with this type of boundary
What is a divergent boundary?
500
Compared to the oceanic crust, the continental crust is....(state the thickness, density, and composition)
Thicker, less dense, and made of granite
500
Type of seismic wave that can go through the outer core
What is P-wave?
500
How do we know if the outer core is liquid?
S-wave cannot go through the outer core