Earthquakes & Mountains
What is the term for how strong an earthquake is?
What is Magnitude
What do we call hot, melted rock found below Earth’s surface?
What is magma?
What is the thin outer layer of Earth, like the skin of an apple?
What is the crust?
What is an opening in Earth’s surface where lava, gas, and ash come out?
What is a volcano?
What is the term for how quickly rocks and soil are worn away by wind, water, or ice?
What is erosion rate?
What do we call the sudden shaking of the ground caused by rocks moving under Earth’s surface?
What is Earthquake?
What are natural collections of valuable minerals found in rocks?
What are ore deposits?
What is the thick layer under the crust made of hot, slowly moving rock?
What is the mantle?
What do we call magma that has reached Earth’s surface?
What is lava?
What is the term for how quickly land is being pushed upward by forces inside Earth?
What is uplift rate?
What do we call how far below Earth’s surface an earthquake starts?
What is Earthquake depth?
What is the name for small bits of rock, sand, or soil that settle in layers?
What is sediment?
What are the huge pieces of Earth’s crust that move very slowly?
What are plates?
What is the term for processes that break down or wear away land?
What are destructive forces?
What happens to a mountain’s elevation when erosion happens faster than uplift?
What is the mountain shrinks in elevation?
What is the spot on Earth’s surface right above where an earthquake starts?
What is Epicenter?
What is the solid rock that lies beneath the soil and loose materials?
What is bedrock?
What kind of plate has mostly ocean floor?
What is an oceanic plate?
What is the term for processes that build up land?
What are constructive forces?
What type of process slowly wears down Earth’s surface through wind, water, and ice?
What is weathering and erosion?
What is it called when two things happen together, but one doesn’t necessarily cause the other?
What is Correlation?
What type of rock is made when layers of sediment are pressed together over time?
What is sedimentary rock?
What kind of plate has mostly land/continents?
What is a continental plate?
What is the measure of how heavy something is compared to its size?
What is density?
What explains why marine fossils can be found on top of mountains like Mt. Everest?
What is uplift from plate movement followed by erosion exposing the fossils?