Amplify 2.1-Earth's Layers and Moving Parts Vocabulary

Which word means a surge of energy traveling out from an earthquake's source through the earth?

• seismic wave

• pressure

• basalt

• magma

Which word means the weight or force produced when something presses or pushes against something else?

• pressure

• basalt

• magma

• lava

Which word means heavy, dense rock formed from cooled, hardened lava?

• basalt

• magma

• lava

• basin

What word means melted rock in Earth's mantle?

• magma

• lava

• basin

• ocean trench

Which word means red-hot melted rock that has erupted above Earth's crust from deep underground?

• lava

• basin

• ocean trench

• theory

Which word means a large area in the earth that is lower thatn the area around it?

• basin

• ocean trench

• theory

• plate tectonics

An ocean trench is....

• a narrow, extremely deep valley formed when the seafloor dips down as one tectonic plate slides under another.

• a surge of energy traveling out from an earthquake's source throught the earth.

• the weight or force produced when something presses or pushes against something else.

• heavy dense rock formed from cooled hardened lava.

What is an explanation for why something happened based on evidence?

• theory

• ocean trench

• basin

• lava

What is a theory that Earth's crust and the solid top part of the mantle are broken up into sections that fit together but move against each other?

• plate tectonics

• theory

• seismic wave

• ocean trench

Which word means to cause a force to be felt or have an effect?

• exert

• theory

• basin

• basalt