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Volcanoes
#1 What is hot melted rock deep inside the earth magma
#2 What is magma that has reached the earth's surface lava
#3 What are the three types of volcanoes, describe at what they look like shield-dome short; cinder cone-like a cone, throws rock and cinder; composite-layered and steep
#4 Volcanoes that are located in a ring shaped area around the Pacific Ocean Ring of Fire
#5 List all the part of the volcano (hint there are 7) central vent, conduit, crater, lava flow, side vent, magama chamber, smoke and ash
Earth Layers
#1 What is the thinnest layer of the earth crust
#2 What is the thickest layer of the earth mantle
#3 Name the four layers of the earth crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
#4 This layer is made of nickel and iron outer core or inner core
#5 What is the hottest layer of the earth inner core
Earth Information
#1 What is the supercontinent that was once all connected together Pangea
#2 The part of the crust where the continents are located continental crust
#3 The part of the crust where the oceans are located oceanic crust
#4 A large section of the Earth's crust that moves a plate
#5 Plates include the crust and the rigid upper layer of the mantle
Plate Boundaries
#1 The theory that explains how the continents moved, based on fossils and rock formations continental drift
#2 What is seafloor spreading when two plates separate and magma comes up and fills in gap to make a new ocean floor
#3 Give an example of a transform fault boundary San Andreas Fault
#4 Name the three different type of plate boundaries and model with hands what happens Divergent-seperate, new ocean floor, convergent-collide; two types mountains or volcanoes; transform fault-slide earthquakes
#5 Give a real example of each of the different plate boundaries San Andres Fault, Alps, Mid-Pacific Ridge
Earthquakes
#1 What is the instrument used to measure earthquakes sesimograph
#2 What is the scale used to measure the severity of the earthquake Richter Scale
#3 A wave that is formed when an earthquake happens underwater Tsunami
#4 Describe the difference between epicenter and focus Focus-where earthquakes starts in the earth, the place where earthquakes happens on the surface
#5 Describe the difference between active, dormant, and extinct active, erupts often and dangerous, dormant, has not erupted for many years, extinct-hasnt erupted in thousands of years
Final Question
How many plates are there?? 12