Earth Science

Question 1

Plate boundaries

Answer 1

where 2 plates touch

Question 2

Convergent boundary

Answer 2

pushed toward each other

Question 3

Divergent boundary

Answer 3

moving away from each other

Question 4

Transform fault boundary

Answer 4

slide from side to side

Question 5

Volcano

Answer 5

mountains formed by magma from Earth’s interior

Question 6

Active volcanoes

Answer 6

currently erupting or have erupted in recorded history

Question 7

Dormant volcanoes

Answer 7

never known to erupt

Question 8

Extinct volcanoes

Answer 8

never erupt again

Question 9

Rift volcanoes

Answer 9

plates move away from each other

Question 10

Subduction volcanoes

Answer 10

plates collide and slide over each other

Question 11

Hot spot volcanoes

Answer 11

found at areas where magma rises to surface, Hawaiian islands

Question 12

Earthquakes

Answer 12

from vibration of plate movements deep in Earth

Question 13

Focus

Answer 13

location where earthquake begins inside Earth

Question 14

Epicenter

Answer 14

spot on surface of Earth directly above focus

Question 15

Seismograph

Answer 15

measures size or magnitude

Question 16

Rock Cycle- sedimentary

Answer 16

sediments build up and compress, limestone

Question 17

Rock Cycle- metamorphic

Answer 17

pressure and heat applied to rock inside Earth’s mantle, slate

Question 18

Rock Cycle- igneous

Answer 18

rock melts and solidifies, magma comes to surface, emerges as lava, cools to make rock, basalt