Describe the plate movement; rift
Which is faster, the water cycle or the rock cycle?
The water cycle
The bowl shape at the top of a volcano...
Crater
Where are earthquakes and volcanoes common?
At plate boundaries
When molten rock, gas, and ash break through the Earth's crust.
Eruption
What is liquid rock called below ground?
Magma
When there is an eruption, people should ______________ the area.
Evacuate
The Earths plates are broken into ________ main plates
14
What plate movement made this?
a fault
What is liquid rock called above ground?
lava
Molten magma rises and cools to make this rock
Igneous rock
What plate movement made this?
a rift
Subduction volcanoes from where an ocean plate collides with a continental plate. True or false?
True
Describe the plate movement; mountains
What direction do the plates move to make a fault?
Plates slip or slide past each other
What causes the Earth's plates to move?
The movement of magma underneath the Earth's crust causes the plates on top to move.
What direction do the plates move to make a rift?
Plates move apart
Describe the plate movement; fault
What direction do the plates move to make mountains?
Plates collide