1. Earth’s Changing Surface including tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, and more GAME!

2. A pool of water heated by nearby underground magma is a: hot springs

3. Earth’s crust is broken into large pieces called: plates

4. The theory that the continents have moved so far over millions of years that they had to have once been connected is: Contintental Drift

5. The point on the surface above where an earthquake starts, where the earthquake is usually felt the most is: epicenter

6. Which kind of eruption can give off a pyroclastic flow of ash, cinders, and boulders? explosive eruption

7. This part of a volcano is the main exit for magma to reach the surface. vent

8. What type of volcano forms from layers of ash and lava from both quiet and explosive eruptions? composite

9. The ring of fire is an area around the Pacific plate where subduction has caused a lot of: volcanoes

10. A machine that records the vibrations of an earthquake is a: seismograph

11. What type of volcano forms from thin layers of lava from quiet eruptions? shield volcano

12. This part of a volcano is a large pool of hot molten rock from the mantle. magma chamber

13. Which type of plate boundary can weaken the crust and form volcanoes? subduction

14. If an island volcano collapses in, it can create a: atoll

15. This part of a volcano is the narrow crack that brings magma to the surface. pipe

16. Which type of plate boundary can cause earthquakes? Transform / sliding

17. What do we call the strength of an earthquake? the magnitude

18. What evidence was found to prove that there really used to be a supercontinent? fossils

19. What do we call a volcano that is still likely to erupt? active

20. Which kind of fault creates mostly sideways shaking? strike-slip

21. The hot, molten rock that makes up the mantle is called ________ once it reaches the surface: lava

22. Magma trapped under the surface can create a bulge of rock called a: dome mountain or volcanic bulge

23. What do we call a volcano that is not likely to erupt ever again? extinct

24. Wegener called the supercontinent before the continents drifted apart: Pangea

25. Earth’s surface can be changed by: earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, rivers, glaciers, tectonics

26. The hot, molten rock that makes up the mantle is called: magma

27. What scale for rating earthquakes do most people use today? Richter scale

28. What happens when colliding ocean and continent plates weaken the crust, and magma breaks through? a volcano forms

29. The crater of a volcano can collapse, forming a larger crater called a: caldera

30. What do we call a volcano that has not erupted in a long time? inactive or dormant

31. Water trapped underground and heated by nearby magma can build up pressure and form a: geyser

32. This part of a volcano is the bowl shaped mouth of the volcano. crater

33. A break in the crust from plates sliding is called a: fault

34. Which kind of eruption has thick, sticky lava that clogs the pipe and builds up pressure? explosive eruption

35. Which type of plate boundary is moving America farther from Europe? spreading/divergent

36. What type of volcano forms from thick layers of ash from explosive eruptions? cinder cone

37. Which type of plate boundary can form mountains like the Himalayas? convergent

38. Which kind of eruption causes most of its damage by starting fires? quiet eruption

39. Which kind of eruption has runny, fast flowing lava that oozes and pours out of the vents? quiet eruption

40. The point where sliding plates catch and cause an earthquake is the: focus

41. The study of the movement of Earth’s crust is: tectonics