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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
Describe the motion at each type of plate boundary.
Convergent- coming together Divergent - pulling apart Transform - sliding past
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 two layers of the Earth that cause the plates to move.
mantle and inner core
200
These volcanoes are usually cylindrical in shape and are built up from erupted rock fragments.
cinder cone 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
The Hawaiian Islands are made up of these types of volcanoes..
Shield volcano
300
A break in the crust along which rocks move and crumble during an earthquake 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 up of?
tectonic plates
400
Mt. Vesuvius and Mt. St Helens are examples of this type of volcano.
Stratovolcano
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...
vent
500
The point of Earth's surface that is directly above an earthquake's focus is the...
epicenter
500
The constant motion of plates lead to.... (name 2 things)
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, hot spots
500
The point underground where the movement of the earthquake first takes place is called...
focus