Earth's Core
The layer that contains magma.
Mantle
The type of plate boundry that pulls apart from one another.
Divergent Plate Boundry
I am responsible for tsunamis, landslides, collapsed buildings, and more.
Earthquake
The Pacific Ocean
Tiny pieces of rocks, minerals, and volcanic glass that are formed during volcanic eruptions and escape into the atmosphere is called ________.
Volcanic Ash
The layer that is made of solid nickel and iron.
Inner Core
The plate boundary where one plate subducts below another.
Convergent Plate Boundary
Location on the surface directly above the focus (location where the earthquake began) is called ________.
Epicenter
The specific pattern that is formed by spots where volcanoes and earthquakes occur is called ________.
The Ring of Fire
The most common type of volcanoes are ________.
Cinder Cone Volcanoes
The thickness of Earth's crust.
35 km
The plate boundary that slide past another.
Transform Plate Boundry
a break in the crusts surface where the crust is moving different directions is called a _____________.
Fault Line
Nearly _____% of earthquakes happen in the Ring of Fire.
90
To come out in a sudden explosion is an _________.
Eruption
The inner core is ________ iron and nickel.
Liquid
The first super-continent is called_____.
Pangea
Seismic waves are recorded by __________.
Seismographs
Close to 75% of _________ occur in the Ring of Fire
Active Volcanoes
The tallest and steepest volcanoes are ______.
Composite Volcanoes
The three main layers of Earth.
Crust, Mantle, and Core
_______________ in the mantle is what powers plate boundary movement.
Convection
The duration of an average earthquake lasts __________.
10-30 seconds
The Hawaiian Island chain is an example of _______.
Hotspots
Volcanoes are classified by their periods of _______.
Activity