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Earth's Changes
Changes in the Earth
Question | Answer |
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Changes that can occur on our Earth include | Mountains forming, earthquakes occuring and volcanoes erupting |
Where do most volcanoes on land form? | Near converging plate boundaries |
What happens when one plate moves toward another? | Rock partially melts into magma. |
What is it called when magma is forced through a spot in the lithospere? | Eruption |
What is magma called once it reaches the Earth's surface? | Lava |
How was Hawaii created? | The lava that came out cooled to form the land. |
Earthquakes happen along _______________. | faults |
What happens when the plates along a boundary jerk into position? | Earthquakes |
Earthquakes can cause landslides on land. What can they cause in the ocean? | Tsunamis |
The Earth is made up of plate tectonics, layers, oceans and ______________________. | Landforms |
What was the body of land that the Earth started from? | Pangea |
What is the solid, rocky, outermost layer of the Earth called? | Lithosphere |
What is a section of the lithosphere called? | A plate |
What are the edges where plates meet called? | Plate Boundaries |
What appears when 2 plates are coming toward each other? | Converging Boundary |
What appears when 2 plates are moving away from each other? | Spreading Plate Boundary |
What appears when 2 plates are going in opposite directions? | Sliding Plate Boundary |
What can happen when Earth's plates move? | A fold or a fault |
What are the Earth's layers? | Crust, Mantle, Inner Core, Outer Core |