Vocabulary
Huge slabs of the earth
Tectonic Plates
The most outer layer of the earth
Crust
Tension/Pressure exerting on something
Stress
Where do volcanoes commonly form
Tectonic Plate boundaries
The natural disaster of the ground's vibration
Earthquake
2 Tectonic Plates moving away from each other
Divergent Boundaries
The thickest layer between the crust and the core.
Mantle
An extended break in a body of rock
Fault
What do you call a place where volcanoes commonly form
Hot Spot
A destructive discharge from a volcano
Volcano Eruption
2 Tectonic Plates moving into each other
Convergent Boundaries
The deepest layer which is in the center of the earth
Inner Core
An elastic wave produced by major energy/motion
Seismic Waves
Where does magma form
deeper parts of Earth's crust
A natural disaster of the ocean made by earthquakes that creates massive waves
Tsunami
2 Tectonic Plates moving against and beside each other
Transform Boundaries
The only liquid layer
How do faults form?
Stress/Pressure on a rock
How does magma form
Changes in pressure and temperature
Mass of snow or ice falling down a mountain/hill
Avalanche
The execution of new sea floor forming whilst the old floor gets pulled away
Sea-Floor Spreading
The upper layer of the earth's Mantle below the Lithosphere
Asthenosphere
70% of all earthquake occur at
Plate Boundaries
How do volcanoes form
Pressure and temperature and other natural forces push magma out of its original container.
Mass of the earth or rocks falling down a mountain/hill
Landslide