layers of the earth
crustal plates and boundaries
volcanoes
earthquakes
vocabulary
100
what is the thinest layer of the earth
What is the crust
100
occurs when to plates are pushing towards each other
What is convergant boundary
100
Ash, rock , and dust....
What is a volcanoe?
100
epicenter
What is a surfaces direct point above an earthquakes focus
100
the bending in the earth crust
What is deformation
200
the largest layer of the earth
what is the mantle
200
two plates that are pushing apart from each other
What is divergant
200
4th layer of a volcanoes
What is a magma chamber
200
seismic waves that cause rock particles to vibrate at right angle to the direction of the waves
What is the secondary
200
the study of earthquakes
What is seismology
300
it is composed of the melted metals nickel and iron
What is the outer core
300
when two plates slide past each other
What is transform boundary
300
Volcanoes happen by theses
What is when heat, gasses, and rock go through a weak spot in the crust?
300
scientist that study earthquakes
What is seismograph
300
a wave of energy
What is a seisimic wave
400
it is 3,000,000 times the air pressure on you at sea level
What is inner core
400
pieces of the lithospphere that move around on top of the asthenosphere
What is tectonic plates
400
Volcanoes form because of this
What is when lava is released from vent?
400
seismic waves that reach earths surface travel outward
What is the primary
400
a tracking of earthquake motion
What is SEISOMGRAPH
500
rigid layer consistance of the crust and upper most part of the mantle
What is the litosphere
500
a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigrid outer most part of the mantle
What is tectonic pates
500
Yellowstone volcanoes a year
What is 3,000
500
the point on a earthquake surface
What is focus