Earths Layers
The innermost layer of the earth
What is the core/inner core?
Sedimentary rock is made of this
Sediment
Line where 2 tectonic plates meet
What is a boundary?
Magma that has surfaced
What is lava?
The boundary that causes earthquakes
What is transform boundary?
The thinnest layer of the earth
What is the Crust?
Heat and pressure create this type of rock
What is metamorphic?
What is Pangea?
What is a magma chamber?
Origin of earthquake
What is focus/epicenter?
Layer responsible for both the movement of tectonic plates and all magma
What is the mantle?
The two types of igneous rock
Intrusive and extrusive
Two plates are stuck on each other, moving parallel
What is a transform boundary?
The two types of magma
What are felsic and mafic?
All types of waves
What are S waves, P waves, and L waves?
The two main elements the core is composed of
What are nickel and iron?
The three types of sedimentary rock
What are Clastic, Organic, and Chemical?
This type of tectonic plate is the thickest and densest.
What is oceanic?
The 2 types of eruptions
What are rift and subduction?
Machine able to pickup waves and measure distance from epicenter
What is a seismograph?
The crust makes up this percent of earths mass.
What is 1%?
Igneous rocks with large crystals formed in this way.
What is slow cooling?
This man created the idea of plate tectonics.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
All types of volcanoes
What are Cinder cones, composite volcanoes, shield volcanoes, and (optionally) hot spots?
The name of all 3 scales used to measure earthquakes
What are Richter, Mercalli, and Rossi-Feralo?