Earthquakes and Volcanoes

Layer of Earth that includes land and the ocean floor

• mantle

• crust

• core

• fault

Deepest layer of earth

• mantle

• crust

• core

• epicenter

Thickest layer, made of solid and melted rock

• mantle

• crust

• core

• focus

Continent-sized slabs that make up the crust and upper mantle

• earthquake

• plates

• crust

• seismograph

Shaking of Earth's crust

• epicenter

• fault

• volcano

• earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Point on Earth's surface right above the focus of an earthquake

• focus

• epicenter

• fault

• core

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Break in Earth's crust along which rocks move

• fault

• earthquake

• crust

• plates

Underground point where an earthquake first starts

• seismograph

• epicenter

• core

• focus

Instrument that records earthquake waves

• seismograph

• earthquake

• mantle

• focus

The hottest layer of Earth

• crust

• core

• mantle

• ocean floor