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Wildcard
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

Comes out of a volcano during an explosive eruption.

What is pyroclastic flow?

100

First seismic wave to arrive.

p-waves

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

Layer of Earth where convection currents happen.

mantle

200
Mountains made of lava layers that alternate with layers of cinders are called...
Composite volcanoes
200

Seismic wave that causes damage.

Surface wave

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

Low flat volcano that forms from quiet eruptions.

What is a shield volcano?

300

Draw a regular fault.

teacher example

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

Broken pieces of the Earth's crust that are constantly in motion.

tectonic plates

400

Steep volcano formed from cinder from explosive eruptions.

Cinder-cone volcano

400
Type of stress along a reverse fault

What is compression?

500
Most of the magma from a volcano comes up through a rocky opening called a...
vent
500
The point of Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the...
epicenter
500

Events likely to happen along plate boundaries.

earthquakes, mountain building, 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