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Earth's Interior
Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
W.E.D.G.
100
the name for Earth's solid body
What is geosphere
100
The name for two colliding plates
What is convergent boundary
100
The location on the surface of the Earth above the fault where the Earthquake occurred
What is epicenter
100
molten material below earth's surface
What is magma
100
the breaking of rock
What is weathering
200
Which layer is the least dense
What is crust
200
The name for two plates moving away from each other
What is divergent
200
The point below the surface where a fault forms, releasing energy
What is focus
200
A dome shaped, large volcano
What is shield
200
oxidation is an example of ____________________
What is chemical weathering
300
The most dense layer
What is inner core
300
The Andes Mountains are an example of a mountain ranged formed at a ____________ boundary
What is convergent
300
What type of seismic waves are the fastest
What is P waves
300
the eruption caused by magma with high viscosity and lots of dissolved gases
What is a KABOOM! eruption
300
the carrying away or moving of broken material
What is erosion
400
The layer responsible for Earth's magnetic field.
What is outer core
400
What process creates new crust
What is seafloor spreading
400
What is the method used when 3 or more data locations are used to pinpoint an earthquakes epicenter
What is triangulation
400
What is the main ingredient of melted rock
What is silica
400
when a glacier moves and drops it in a new location?
What is deposition
500
The form of heat given off by Earth's core
What is radiation
500
What is the force that pulls a plate under the other in a subduction zone?
What is slab pull
500
What type of seismic waves move in a forward and back motion in the direction the wave is traveling in
What is P waves
500
what kind of volcano forms at a hot spot?
What is shield
500
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are islands formed from glacial ______________
What is moraine