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Earth Structure
Topography
It's Your Fault
I'm a volcano
Weird Stuff
100
absolute middle of the earth, made mostly of iron.. very hot
What is the inner core
100
flat lands at low elevations
What are Plains
100
the fracturing of the surface of the earth's crust
What is faulting
100
slow flowing lava , wide , broad, low looking volcano
What is a shield volcano
100
boundary between the mantle and the lithosphere
What is the Mohorovicic discontinuity
200
surrounds inner core, molten rock (liquid)
What is the outer core
200
flat lands at high elevations, generally greater than 300 meters in height
What are Plateaus
200
a fault in which rocks have moved down the slope of a fault
What is a normal fault
200
the hole through which a volcano releases its ash, cinder, etc
What is a vent
200
the part of the earth that can be like plastic
What is the athenosphere
300
earth’s crust, where we live, has two layers, between 6 and 70 kilometers thick
What is the lithosphere
300
plain formed by river actions
What is Alluvial
300
a fault that has previously undergone folding, one set of rocks is pushed up and over
What is an overthrust fault
300
I am lava, but when I am released I have another name
What is Magma
300
a mass of upland bounded by faults
What is a block mountain
400
mostly solid except for the top 300 kilometers
What is the mantle
400
type of plain created by sediment from melting glaciers
What is an outwash plain
400
a valley bound by two roughly parallel faults
What is a rift valley
400
circular base, layers of ash and lava, very explosive
What is an ash and cinder volcano
400
the theory that says that the earth's crust is made up of plates
What is tectonic theory
500
The two layers of the lithosphere
What are the sima and the sial
500
plain created from ancient dried up lake beds
What is Lacustrine
500
a fault caused by compressional force, movement is up rather than down
What is a reverse fault
500
lower than an ash and cinder cone, has side vents
What is a composite volcano
500
in order, the names given to the peaks and troughs of a rock fold
What are anticline and syncline