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Earth's Layers
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Hodge Podge
100
This is earth's thickest layer
What is the mantle
100
The name of the huge supercontinent
What is Pangaea
100
The place where most of the earthquakes and volcanoes occur the most
What is The Ring of Fire
100
It is called this while it is still in the volcano
What is magma
100
These are used to track plate movements
What is a hot spot
200
This layer is made of liquid metals
What is the outer core
200
He proposed the theory of Continental Drift
What is Wegener
200
This is the location where an earthquake begins
What is the focus
200
If lava flows slowly it has __________.
What is high silica
200
This type of boundary can form mountains
What is a convergent boundary
300
These are the slabs of rock that contain oceanic and continental crust
What are tectonic plates
300
He used this to prove that rocks from Brazil matched the rocks found in western Africa
What is geology
300
The process where soil acts like a liquid
What is liquefaction
300
These rock fragments contain holes and tunnels left by escaping gases
What are cinders
300
Subduction between these 2 plates can form deep ocean trenches and coastal mountains
What is oceanic and continental
400
This is the layer of earth that has the greatest density
What is the inner core
400
This is the process that transfers heat energy in a material and one of the reasons why plates move
What is convection currents
400
This type of wave causes the most damage and
What is surface wave
400
This type of volcano can form on the sides of other types of volcanoes
What is a cinder cone
400
This is the area where magma rises and new crust is added
What is a rift valley
500
This layer is hotter softer rock in the upper mantle
What is the asthenosphere
500
The name of huge underwater mountain ranges
What are mid ocean ridges
500
These structures help to absorb ground movement during an earthquake
What are base isolators
500
This releases steam and other gases on the side of a volcano
What is fumarole
500
This type of mountain forms as continental crust crumbles and bends
What is folded mountains