Volcanoes
The "supercontinent" that broke apart to form the continents we know today
What is Pangea?
The continuous underwater mountain range that extends over 5 oceans.
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
A seismic wave that occurs first and is the strongest.
What is a P wave?
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The gaseous envelope that surrounds the earth.
What is the atmosphere?
The plates of Earth around the Pacific Ocean that form a circle of active volcanoes.
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
The outermost layer of the Earth.
What is the Earth's crust?
The point on the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake.
What is the epicenter?
The herb that cats go crazy for.
What is catnip?
An instrument that detects and records earthquakes.
What is a seismometer?
The fluid inside volcanoes, not yet in contact with the air.
What is magma?
A plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.
The point of an earthquake within the Earth where an earthquake FIRST starts.
What is the focus?
The breed of cat with a smushed face.
What is a Persian cat?
The life zone on earth that includes all living organisms.
What is the biosphere?
The property of a fluid to offer resistance to flow.
What is viscosity?
A plate boundary where two plates move towards each other.
What is a convergent plate boundary?
A general term for the elastic waves of the Earth, formed by earthquakes.
What are seismic waves?
This type of cat coloration results in only female cats.
What is a calico cat?
The solid, innermost part of the Earth, consisting mostly of iron.
What is the Earth's core?
A source of rising lava that forms a volcano. Example: Hawaii
What is a hot spot volcano?
The movement of one plate downward, underneath another plate.
What is subduction?
A plate boundary where two plates side parallel to one another.
What is a transform plate boundary?
The seismic wave produced second, and is half as powerful.
What are S waves?
The mass per unit volume of a material or substance.
What is density?