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Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics
Earth
Volcanoes
Biome
100
a movement or trembling of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy when rocks along a fault move
What is an earthquake?
100
the theory that explains how large pieces of Earth's outermost layer, called tectonic plates move and change shape
What is plate tectonics?
100
the thin and solid outermost layer of Earth above the mantle
What is crust?
100
a vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
What is a volcano?
100
a large region characterized by a specific type of climate and certain types of plant and animal communities
What is a biome?
200
a wave of energy that travels through Earth and away from an earthquake in all directions
What is seismic waves?
200
a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid, outermost part of the mantle
What is tectonic plates?
200
the layer of rock between Earth's crust and core
What is the mantle?
200
magma that flows onto Earth's surface
What is lava?
200
a community of organisms and their abiotic, or nonliving, environment
What is an ecosystem?
300
the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquakes starting point or focus
What is the epicenter?
300
the bending of rock layers due to stress
What is folding?
300
the central part of Earth below the mantle
What is the core?
300
liquid rock produced under Earth's surface; igneous rocks are made up of this
What is magma?
300
the study of the interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment
What is ecology?
400
the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
What is the focus?
400
a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
What is a fault?
400
the continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, and the oceans
What is the water cycle?
400
a type of rock made up of magma
What is igneous rock?
400
a triangular diagram that shows an ecosystems loss of energy, which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain
What is the energy pyramid?
500
BONUS: an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 and an intensity of XI that caused much damage
What is the 1906 San Francisco earthquake?
500
BONUS: the name of Earth before the continental drift
What is Pangea?
500
BONUS: small pieces of crust that make up the Earth
What is the lithosphere?
500
BONUS: the biggest volcano on Earth
What is the Mauna Loa?
500
BONUS: the most diverse place on Earth (name of biome)
What is the tropical rainforest biome?