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The Earth
Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Mixed Bag
100
The outermost layer of the Earth
What is the Crust
100
The idea that continents can drift around is called
What is Continental Drift
100
What causes Earthquakes
What is movement of tectonic plates
100
The name of the material that is spewed out of a volcano
What is Lava/Magma
100
An underwater earthquake can cause
What is a Tsunami
200
The layer of Earth between the core and the Crust
What is the Mantle
200
Tectonics are located on Earth's
What is the Crust
200
The person that records and measures earthquakes
What is a seismologist
200
The location of most volcano's
Where is along tectonic plate boundaries
200
The machine used to record earthquake tremors
What is a seismograph
300
The Earths Supercontinent
What is Pangea
300
Tectonics comes from the Greek word Tekton, it means
What is 'builder'
300
The scale used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
What is the Richter scale
300
The type of Volcano that is 'sleeping' however can erupt at any time
What is dormant volcano
300
The famous Volcano called Krakatau is in what country
What is Indonesia
400
The Earth's Supercontinent broke into two parts they were called
What is Gondwanaland and Laurasia
400
The name of the tectonic plate that Australia sits on
What is Australian-Indian Plate
400
The centre of an earthquake
What is the epicenter
400
Volcano's that have not erupted for several thousands of years
What is extinct volcano
400
The earth's rotation around the sun causes
What is seasons
500
The name of each of the Earth's Spheres
What is Biosphere, Lithosphere, Atmosphere and Hydrosphere
500
Name the two types of plates
What is Oceanic plates and Continental plates
500
The word Tsunami is Japanese for....
What is 'Harbor Wave'
500
The name of materials that are thrown into the air during a volcanic eruption (they include ash, cinders and balls of molten lava)
What is pyroclasts
500
Spell the names of the Super continent, and the two smaller continents that it broke into.
What is P-a-n-g-e-a, G-o-n-d-w-a-n-a-l-a-n-d, L-a-u-r-a-s-i-a