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Volcanoes and Mountains
Layers of the Earth
Miscellaneous
100
A sudden movement of Earth's crust.
What is an Earthquake?
100
The thin layer of slid rock that makes up the outermost layer of the Earth.
What is crust?
100
This type of volcanic mountain is formed when thin lava spreads over a large area.
What is shield volcano?
100
This part of the Earth consists of the crust and the top part of the upper mantle.
What is the lithosphere?
100
These prove that the continents were once all connected.
What are fossils?
200
An opening in Earth's crust.
What is a volcano?
200
The central part of the Earth is called this.
What is the core?
200
The type of volcanic mountain is made by thick lava that is thrown high into the air and falls as chunks or cinders.
What is cinder-cone volcano.
200
The center of the Earth.
What is the core?
200
This is where an omnivore gets its energy.
What are plants and animals?
300
Once magma reaches Earth's surface it is called this.
What is lava?
300
Hot melted rock.
What is lava?
300
This type of volcanic mountain is formed when layers of ash and cinders are sandwiched between layers of hardened lava.
What is composite volcano?
300
All of the water on Earth is known as this.
What is hydrosphere?
300
This organism would be considered a producer....fish, oak tree, cat.
What is an oak tree?
400
The thick layer of slid and molten rock that surrounds the core.
What is mantle?
400
Deep cracks in Earth's crust where rocks move in opposite directions.
What are faults?
400
The force that causes the formation of a folded mountain.
What is compression?
400
The outermost layer of Earth.
What is the crust?
400
A leopard would be considered this in a food chain.
What is Carnivore?
500
A physical feature on Earth's surface.
What is a landform?
500
The theory used to explain how forces deep within Earth can cause the seafloors to spread and continents to move.
What are plate tectonics?
500
The force that causes fault-block mountains.
What is tension?
500
The thickest layer of Earth that consists of solid and molten rock.
What is the mantle?
500
This is most likely a decomposer.....frog, mushroom, fern.
What are mushrooms?