Show:
Plate tectonics
Layers of the earth
Volcanos
Earthquakes/ glaciers
Anonymous
100
The three types of plate tectonics
What is divergent, convergent and transformative
100
What are the two types of crust
Continental and oceanic
100
A volcano with a very small slope/ incline
What is a shield volcano
100
Define a glacier
A slowly moving piece of ice
100
What are the two types of weathering
Physical and chemical
200
What two plates collide to make a mountain
What is continental plates
200
The thickest layer of the earth
What is the lower mantle
200
A volcano with a big open vent
What is a caldera volcano
200
An earthquakes point of origin
What is the focus
200
A place of volcanic activity
What is a hot spot
300
What is it called when two plates move away from each other
What is divergent plates
300
Where is magma located
Below the earths crust
300
A composite volcano is also known as
What is a stratovolcano
300
What are out of place rocks or boulders called
What is erratics
300
What plate does the ring of fire surround
What is the pacific plate
400
What is the theory of plate tectonics
The idea of moving plates all throughout history shaping earth today
400
What part of the earth is the lithosphere in
Solid part (crust,mantle)
400
What is the difference between a stratovolcano and a caldera
Wider vent (no top)
400
The point on the crust above the earthquakes focus
What is the epicenter
400
The main landform for the world 300 million years ago
What is Pangea
500
How many plates are there around the world
9-13
500
What layer of the earth is the asthenosphere located
What is the upper layer of the mantle
500
What is Magma called once it exits a volcano
What is lava
500
What is it called when sediments are deposited by a glacier
What is glacial till
500
Deposited material
What is sediments