EQ & Volcanoes vocabulary

What is the outermost shell of a planet called?

• Core

• Mantle

• Crust

• Atmosphere

What is the crust made up of?

• Water and air

• Rocks and minerals

• Fire and ice

• Gas and dust

What is a mixture of very hot melted or semi-melted rock found beneath the surface of the earth called?

• Magma

• Lava

• Ash

• Soil

What is lava?

• Hot, liquefied rock that flows from a volcano

• Cold, solid rock found in mountains

• A type of sedimentary rock

• A type of mineral found in caves

Where is magma located?

• Inside the Earth

• On top of the Earth

• In the ocean

• In the atmosphere

What causes a sudden and violent shaking of the ground?

• Built-up pressure between moving tectonic plates

• Heavy rainfall

• Strong winds

• Volcanic eruption

What are faults in Earth's crust?

• Large mountains formed by volcanic activity

• Fractures where rocks on either side have slid past each other

• Deep ocean trenches formed by tectonic plates

• Areas where rivers have carved out valleys

What is a piece of the Earth's crust that moves and interacts with other plates, causing geologic events?

• Tectonic plate

• Oceanic ridge

• Continental shelf

• Mountain range

What is a mountain with a vent through which lava or gas may erupt or has erupted called?

• Volcano

• Glacier

• Canyon

• Plateau

What is a magma chamber?

• A large pool of liquid rock beneath the Earth's surface

• A type of volcanic rock found on the surface

• A small pool of water inside a volcano

• A chamber of air inside a mountain