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The person who suggested that all the continents were all connected as one large landmass

Who is Alfred Wegener

100

The instrument that measures seismic waves

What is a seismograph

100
An opening in Earth that erupts gases, ash, and lava
What is a volcano
100
The large landmass that means "all land"
What is Pangaea
100

The plates are still moving at a rate of _________ cm per year 

what is 1.25

200

The theory that states that Earth's crust and part of the upper mantle are broken into sections

What is plate tectonics

200

The waves that are generated by an earthquake

What is seismic waves

200
An area where Earth's plates are moving apart
What is Divergent Plate Boundary
200
How many millions of years ago were all of the continents joined together 

what is 200

200

The _________ is the measure of the energy that is released during an earthquake

What is the magnitude

300
The sections that move on the plastic like layer of the mantle.
What is plates
300

The scale that that we use to measure earthquakes on. It is based on the height of the lines on a seismograph

What is the Richter Scale

300

When a volcano erupts, the molten rock is called what

what is lava

300
Where oceanic and continental plates collide and the oceanic plate plunges beneath the less dense continental plate
What is subdution
300
When hot rock is forced towards the cracks where it melts partially to form a _______
What is a hot spot
400
The plastic like layer below the lithosphere
What is asthenosphere
400
The seismic wave that causes the most destruction
What is Surface Waves
400

Where is the world's most volcanically active area?

What is the Ring of Fire?

400

For this type of fault, the hanging wall slides downward 

what is normal fault

400

A _________ is a fountain of superheated water and gas that shoots up from the ground 

what is a geyser

500

An undersea valley that represents one of the deepest parts of the ocean

ocean trench 

500

how many seismograph stations are needed to determine the epicenter of an earthquake

what is 3 

500

This type of volcano has the most powerful eruptions 

what is composite volcano

500

When continental and oceanic plates collide, it can form this geological structure

what is a volcano

500

____________ proposed the theory about seafloor spreading

Who is Harry Hess