Types of Volcanoes
Plate tectonics
Vocabulary
Earths surface
100

Name the 3 types of volcanoes. 

Shield Volcanoes, Cinder Cones, Composite Volcanoes.

100

Name the 3 plate boundaries

Divergent, convergent, and transform boundary 

100

What is the thinnest layer of the earth?

The crust 

100

What natural disasters happen at plate boundaries 

Tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes,subduction, sea-floor spreading, 

200

What is the smallest type of volcanoes?

A cinder cone volcanoes is the smallest and most common. 

200

What happens at a convergent boundary?

Subduction happens at convergent boundaries 

200

What is geologic time 

The time since the earth was born, thousands, billions, millions 

200

What were the cascade mountains formed by?

Volcanoes 

300

Which of the volcanoes is Large and broad?

The shield volcanoes are the largest and broadest

300

What is the type of friction happens at a divergent boundary 

Tension happens at a divergent boundary 


300

What are paleontologists? 

They are scientists that use evidence from rocks and fossils to understand when events occurred in history 

400

What is the most destructive volcanoe?

The composite volcanoe is the most destructive volcanoe. 

400

Who came up with the idea of Pangea 

Alfred Wagner 

400

What is the definition of a volcanoe 

A volcanoe is an opening in the earths surface, where magma and gas erupts out of 

500

What is the name of the volcanoes that form a ring in the ocean?

The Ring of Fire 

500

What causes the plates to move?

The convection currents cycles in the mantle  

500

Name all the layers of the earth in order from center to the outer 

Inner core, outer core, asthenospher, lithosphere, crust