The surface of the Earth is made up of large sections called : plates, zones, or equators
What are plates
100
Some mountains are formed when two plates push against each other. The pressure caused one plate to bulge out forming low mountains called: fold, dome shaped or volcanic
What is dome shaped
100
what do you call the shaking of he surface of the EArth when the plates move: tsunami, earthquake , tornado
What is an earthquake
100
What do you call the opening in a volcano: doorway, vent or ladder
What is a vent
200
There are 3 layers of the EArth : True or False
What is false , there are 4 layers
200
There are about how many plates that make up the Earth's crust : 20, 50, 75
What is 20
200
what type of mountain is formed when plates collide head on : fold, fault block or volcanic
What is fold mountains
200
Rocks in the crust break and move apart at a point called the : epicenter , focus, forget it
What is the focus
200
True or False : not all volcanos erupt the same way:
What is True
300
The very center of the EArth is called: the inner core, inner com. inner zen
What is the inner core
300
The plates of the crust rest on the hot liquid rock of the what: inner core, outer core or mantle
What is the mantle below the crust
300
sometimes when plates collide the rocks breaks into blocks along fault lines these mountains are called: volcanic, fault block, or dome shaped
What is fault block
300
The focus is usually less than how many miles below the surface: 50,, 25, 30 miles
What is 25 miles
300
What kind of a volcano forms from a low, rounded mountain that erupts quietly: cinder, shield, of composite
What is a shield volcano
400
What part of the earth is the thickest layer: crust, outer core or mantle
What is the mantle
400
When two plates under the ocean floor collide, one plate is pushed down below the the edge of the other. What is formed: hole, trench or gully
What is trench
400
most mountains are formed in a group or a : pack, range, mode,
What is a range
400
The place on the surface of Earth that is directly above the focus is called : the epicenter, bulls eye, or got up
What is the epicenter
400
What is a cone shaped volcano the erupts violently and throws cinders out the top called: composite, shield or cinder cone
What is a cinder cone volcano
500
The crust of the Earth is made up of what two things: soil and plants or continents and ocean floors
What is continents and ocean floors
500
The line where two plates grind past each other is called: the fault, the folly, or the pickle
What is the fault
500
The longest mountain range in the world are the: Sierras, Andes or Smokey
What are the Andes
500
Many earthquakes take place in an area known as : Ring of fire, Ring of god, Ring of VanBrunt
What is ring of fire
500
what is a towering cone shaped mountain made up of a layer of cinder and layers of lava called: composite, cinder, shield