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Earth
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Energy
Other Terms
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The layer between Earth's crust and core
What is the mantle
100
Liquid rock produced under Earth's surface
What is magma
100
The amount of damage caused by an Earthquake
What is intensity
100
a triangular diagram that shows and ecosystem's loss of energy which results as energy passes through the ecosystems food chain
What is energy pyramid
100
a measure of the size of surface of a region
What is area
200
the central part of Earth below the mantle
What is the core
200
a break in a body of rock along which one block slides relative to another
What is a fault
200
the location within Earth along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
What is a focus
200
the use of a windmill to drive an electric generator
What is wind power
200
the series of processes in which rock forms,changes from one type to another,is destroyed and forms again by ecologic processes
What is the rock cycle
300
the thin solid outermost layer above the mantle
What is crust
300
a vent in Earth's surface through which magma and gases are expelled
What is volcano
300
the theory that explains how large pieces of the Earth's outermost layer moves and change shape
What is plate tectonics
300
the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves
What is radiation
300
a community of organisms and their abiotic, or non-living environment
What is an ecosystem
400
a natural resource that ca be replaces the same rate at which the resources is consumed
What is a renewable resource
400
magma that flows onto Earth's surface
What is lava
400
a movement of the ground that is caused by a sudden release of energy
What is an earthquake
400
the energy received by Earth from the sun in the form of radiation.
What is solar energy
400
pollution that comes from a specific site
What is point source pollution