Volcano And Earthquakes Vocab

Question 0

Conservative boundary

Answer 0

Where two tectonic plates slide past each other, but where crust is neither formed or destroyed

Question 1

Collision boundary

Answer 1

Where continental plates collide

Question 2

Constructive boundary

Answer 2

Where two tectonic plates move apart from each other and new crust is formed

Question 3

Continent

Answer 3

A large land mass

Question 4

Core

Answer 4

The centre of earth

Question 5

Crust

Answer 5

The thin outer layer of solid rock round the earth surface

Question 6

Destructive boundary

Answer 6

Where an oceanic plate slides underneath a continental plate or another oceanic plate

Question 7

Dormant

Answer 7

Inactive

Question 8

Epicentre

Answer 8

The point on the earth surface directly above the focus of an earthquake

Question 9

Equator

Answer 9

The imaginary line running round the middle of the earth

Question 10

Extinct

Answer 10

No longer in existence: (of animals)

No longer active (volcano)

Question 11

Fault

Answer 11

A line of weakness in rock

Question 12

Focus

Answer 12

The point underground where the energy of an earthquake is released

Question 13

Foreshock

Answer 13

A small earthquake before a large one

Question 14

Geothermal energy

Answer 14

Heat and electricity produced from hot, underground water

Question 15

Joint

Answer 15

A crack in the rock

Question 16

Lava

Answer 16

Molten rock at the Earth’s surface

Question 17

Lahar

Answer 17

Mudflow triggered by a volcanic eruption

Question 18

LEDC

Answer 18

Less economically developed country

Question 19

MEDC

Answer 19

More economically developed country

Question 20

Magma

Answer 20

Molten rock beneath the earths crust

Question 21

Mantle

Answer 21

The semi-solid mass of rock beneath the Earth’s crust

Question 22

Percentage

Answer 22

The number out of 100

Question 23

Plate boundry

Answer 23

The point where two tectonic plates meet

Question 24

Plate tectonics

Answer 24

The theory explaining how the earths crust is able to move

Question 25

Pyroclastic flow

Answer 25

A cloud of superheated gas and ash ejected from a volcano

Question 26

Raw material

Answer 26

Mineral and agricultural resources which can be processed to make something else

Question 27

Seismic wave

Answer 27

A shock wave produced by earthquakes

Question 28

Seismometer

Answer 28

A sensitive instrument use to measure earthquakes

Question 29

Tectonic plate

Answer 29

A large, rigid section of the earths crust

Question 30

Tsunami

Answer 30

A sea wave caused by earthquakes and volcanic eruptions

Question 31

Vegetation

Answer 31

Trees, shubs and plants

Question 32

Volcanic bomb

Answer 32

Lava exploded into the air which solidifies as it falls