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Earth Layers
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Earth's Plates
Scientists
100
What is the outermost layer of the Earth?
Crust
100
What is a Cone-shaped mountain
A Volcano.
100
What is the natural disaster that results from slippage along a boundary or when plates slide past?
Earthquake
100
What is the Upper part of Earth's Mantle and Crust?
The Lithosphere.
100
Who is a scientist that studies Volcanoes.
A Volcanologist.
200
What layer makes up 67% of the Earth's Mass?
The Mantle
200
Who helps predict Volcano erruptions?
A Volconologist
200
What are the waves that travel through the earth as a result of an earthquake?
Seismic Waves
200
______________ are where the edges of different plates meet.
Plate Boundaries
200
What is a statement that can be tested?
A hypothesis
300
What is the hottest layer of the Earth?
The Inner Core
300
What is the location of 75% of the World's Volcanoes?
Ring of Fire
300
Can earthquakes occur under the oceans?
Yes, due to movement of oceanic plates
300
What are the 3 ways that the Earth's plates move?
Move Apart, Collide, and Slide Past.
300
Name one lab safety rule that all scientists must follow.
Various Answers
400
What is the layer of the Earth that lies above the Inner Core?
Outer Core
400
What is Molten rock that is spewed from a Volcano?
Lava
400
What is a giant wave caused by an underwater Earthquake?
Tsunami
400
When one plate sinks underneath another plate it's called________________?
Subduction
400
A person that studies and measures the magnitude of earthquakes?
Seismologist
500
What happens to temperaure and pressure as you go deeper in the Earth's Layers?
They Increase.
500
A Volcano that devastate (causes alot of damage) on a large scale?
Supervolcanoes.
500
What is the underground point or origin of an earthquake?
Focus
500
What was the land mass that broke apart to form today's continents?
Pangea (from the Greek word meaning all-earth)
500
What is Science?
The study of the world around us.