Earths layers
This layer is made of molten rock and is the largest
What is mantle?
"Igneous" comes from the Latin word for this.
What is fire?
When you see this word, it usually has something to do with earthquakes.
What is seismic?
If a volcano is erupting or showing that it's going to erupt soon, it is called this.
What is an active volcano?
The two types of plates
What are continental and oceanic plates?
This layer makes earths magnetic field
What is outer core?
The property of minerals that is not very reliable.
What is color?
The three types of waves that happen during an earthquake
What are P-waves, S-waves, and surface waves?
Pyroclastic flow is made up of these things.
What are gases, dust, and ash?
The name for when two plates slide past each other.
What is a transform boundary?
This layer is a large, very hot, spinning ball of solid metal.
What is inner core?
The 2 things that change a rock underground. (Like with metamorphic rocks)
What are heat and pressure?
Where the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
What is the focus?
When a volcano is not erupting anymore and will probably never erupt again, it is called this.
What is an extinct volcano?
This type of tectonic plate is made up of granite
continental plate
The mantle makes up this percentage of earths weight
85%
This type of rock comes from volcanoes, but not always when they erupt.
What is igneous?
The device used to record earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
The ocean that the Ring of Fire is around
What is the Pacific Ocean?
This type of tectonic plate is made up of basalt
oceanic plate
This is the soft part of the mantle that the tectonic plates float on
What is asthenosphere?
This type(s) of rock can become sedimentary after weathering and erosion, then compaction and cementation.
What is all types of rocks?
Every number on the Richter scale is this many times stronger than the previous number.
What is 10 times?
This kind of volcano is formed when an eruption happens quietly.
What is a shield volcano?
The name for when rocks are pushed up when two tectonic plates smash together
What is uplift?