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The Earth's Layers
Volcanoes
Mountains
Earthquakes
Which one is it?
100
The earth is made up of three main layers. The centre layer is called the?
What is the core
100
A volcano builds around an opening called a..
What is a vent
100
The process in which mountains are formed
What is folding
100
This is where earthquakes typically occur
Where two plates collide, or on a fault
100
This force of the earth causes tsunami waves
What is an earthquake
200
This layer is the thinest and the coldest
What is the crust
200
This type of volcano is the tallest kind of volcano. It was the one in the movie Dante's Peak
What is a composite volcano
200
This is where folding occurs
What is where two plates meet
200
This is the most destructive type of earthquake wave
What is L- waves
200
This force of the earth can be dormant, extinct or active
What is a volcano
300
The earth used to be one large landmass with no separate continents. This landmass is called?
What is Pangea
300
This volcano is less than 500 metres high
What is a cinder cone volcano
300
This is a crack in the earth's surface
What is a fault
300
This is the instrument scientists use to detect approaching earthquakes
What is a seismograph
300
the ring of fire, a place where the most volcanoes and earthquakes is located where?
Where is Japan
400
This is the theory that explains how the earth changed from pangea to separate continents
What is continental drift theory
400
This type of volcano is not vert explosive and has quiet eruptions
What is a shield volcano
400
Faults occur in this part of the earth
What is deep underground
400
This is the scale used to measure the intensity of earthquakes
What is the Richter Scale
400
The theory that states that the inner earth is actually hollow and inhabited by aliens
What is the hollow earth theory
500
This is the theory that explains how tectonic plates move
What is convection currents. The circular movement of a liquid or gas as it heats.
500
This is the name of the mountain that erupted in the states in the 1980's and killed 57 people
What is Mount St. Helens
500
The three different types of faults
What are normal fault, reverse fault, and strike slip fault
500
The strongest earthquake ever recorded had this measurement
What is 9.0
500
This force of the earth got its name from the roman god Vulcan
What is a volcano