Layers of the Earth Vocabulary

The seam where 2 tectonic plates come together.

• fault

• mantle

• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Extremely hot pocket in the mantle that can result in a volcano.

• mantle plume

• ring of fire

• extinct

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A volcano that has recently erupted or is still in danger of erupting.

• active

• extinct

• ring of fire

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Liquid rock in the mantle that comes out of an active volcano.

• magma

• solar winds

• earthquake

When a volcano releases magma, gases, and ash.

• eruption

• extinct

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A volcano that has not erupted in recent history and is not likely to erupt again.

• dormant

• fault

• epicenter

Area in the Pacific Ocean where almost all the volcanoes are located and where most of the earthquakes occur.

• Ring of Fire

• erupt

• outer core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

Shock wave caused in an earthquake.

• Seismic waves

• volcano

• crust

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Measures the movement of the seismic waves.

• Richter Scale

• earthquake

• volcano

Place on earth's surface where earthquake began.

• epicenter

• fault

• volcano

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2