Volcanoes
The name given to the area where most volcanoes are formed.
What is the Ring of Fire
The name of earth's outer layer.
That is the crust.
The effect of two plates moving towards each other.
What is a mountain or volcano
The agent of erosion that causes the greatest damage.
What is water.
The name of the pool where magma is located.
What is the magma chamber
The name of the largest layer under the crust.
What is the mantle.
The effect of two plates moving against each other.
What is an earthquake
The movement of weathered rocks and soil.
What is erosion.
The type of volcano formed by thin lava.
What is a shield volcano
The composition of the inner core.
What is solid.
The effect of plates moving away from each other.
What is a gap or rift
The force that pulls everything on earth toward the center of the earth.
What is gravity.
The volcano type that is more likely to explode.
What is a cone volcano
The names of the two metals that make up the outer and inner core.
What are iron and nickel
The name of scientists who study earth structures, rocks and minerals.
What are geologist
Erosion is caused by water waves, gravity, and what other agents.
What is wind and ice.
Melted rock that reaches the earth's surface.
What is lava.
The name of the continent-sized areas that float over the upper mantle.
What are plates
The name of the machine that measures earthquakes.
What is a seismograph
Erosion can be caused by this type of moving ice.
What is a glacier.