Mountains
What are dome mountains?
Mountains formed by magma pushing up under the crust and forming a bubble under the ground. Like a cream puff!
What are tectonic plates?
The earth's crust is divided in 14 different plates that fit together like a puzzle and are always slowly moving.
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Magma is under the ground, lava is above the ground.
What is a tool called that measures the strength of earthquakes?
Seismometer
Why does some of the land on a flat map look bigger than it is in real life?
Because you can't accurately portray a sphere on a flat surface. In the Mercator Projection, they land at the top and bottom of the map is stretched to make everything fit.
What are fold mountains?
Mountains form when two sides of the crust push up against one another, folding the earth into mountains in the middle.
What is the name of the supercontinent formed 335 million years ago that had all the continents attached?
Pangaea
What is the Ring of Fire and where is it?
How do earthquakes happen?
Two plates push against each other so hard that the pressure eventually builds up to where they slip.
Why did the ancient Egyptians mummify their royalty?
Because they thought it would preserve their body for the afterlife.
What are volcanic mountains?
Mountains that form when there is so much pressure under the earth's crust, that a hole opens up and magma escapes. Over time, the magma/lava build up higher and higher, creating the mountain.
What is a convergent boundary?
A place where the plates are moving toward one another and colliding.
What happened at Pompeii, Italy?
Mt. Vesuvius erupted so violently and quickly that the entire city was covered in ash and mud and preserved for thousands of years until archaeologists uncovered it.
What ocean-based natural disaster can an earthquake trigger?
A tsunami!
What continent is both the largest and has the most people?
Asia
What is the tallest mountain on earth? Will it always be the same height? Why or why not?
What is a divergent boundary?
A place where plates are moving apart from one another?
Name as many layers of the earth as you can.
Inner core, outer core, mantle, crust.
How did the San Fransisco Earthquake help scientists discover that earthquakes are caused by slipping plate boundaries called faults?
Fences were split by about the same amount all up and down the West Coast of the US in an almost straight line. Clearly one side of the land had shifted compared to the other.
What is a dynasty?
One ruling family.
Why are there ancient seashells at the top of some of the world's tallest mountains?
Because that land used to be under the ocean!
What is a transform boundary?
A place where plates are sliding past one another.
What is the difference between a red volcano and a gray volcano?
Red has slow magma flows. Gray explodes violently with lots of smoke and ash.
What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
The spot on the surface of the earth where the earthquake was centered.
Tell me at least one thing about each of these religions: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, and Islam.
(answers vary)