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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Layers of Earth
Volcanoes
Misc.
100
An underground holding pool for hot magma is called a...
magma chamber
100
Melted rock that flows out onto Earth's surface is...
Lava
100
Name the first layer of Earth. (on Earth's surface)
crust
100
When a volcano collapses into itself at its top, it forms a...
crater
100

Earth's crust and upper mantle are broken into several...

plates

200
Scientists measure earthquake waves with a...
seismograph
200
If you somehow dug down to Earth's center, the first two layers you would pass through are the...
crust and mantle
200
Name the middle layer of Earth.
mantle
200
Mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders are called...
Composite volcanoes
200
The plates of Earth's crust and mantle can NOT usually move... a)toward each other b) away from each other c)very slowly d)Very quickly
very quickly
300
A vibration of Earth's crust is an...
earthquake
300
Hot melted rock that is underground is called...
magma
300
Name the deepest layer of Earth.
core
300
Volcanoes can be useful to peoople because volcanoes...
add minerals to the soil.
300
A break in the crust along which rocks move is a...
fault
400
A large basin that can form at the top of a volcano is a...
crater
400
The deepest layer of Earth is the...
core
400
What is the crust made of?
plates
400
A moutain that forms from lava is a ...
volcano
400
The layer of Earth that is the hottest is the...
inner core
500

Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a rocky opening called a...

your mom

500

The point of Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the...

dab

500

The constant motion of plates lead to.... (name 2 things)

earthquake, volcanoes

500

Name one of two places where a volcano is most likely to form.

where plates move toward each other, in the ocean where plates are moving away from each other.

500
The point underground where the movement of the earthquake first takes place is called...
focus