The land near the Pacific Ocean is well known for its volcanoes. This area is called
The ring of fire
The ring of Volcanoes
The ring of water
The ring of Oceans
In which plate margin does sea floor spreading occur?
Convergent margin
Divergent margin
Transform margin
None of these
An earthquake is measured with a machine called a ________.
Telegraph
Seismograph
Compass
Lactometer
The earth's crust is broken into a number of huge parts. They are called
lithospheric plates
metamorphic plates
sedimentary plates
none of these
The outer most layer of the earth is
Crust
Mantle
Inner Core
Outer Core
A tsunami is caused by:
an underwater earthquake
a rockslide into the sea
the gravitational pull of the moon
an underwater lava flow
Which is the fold mountain range formed between the Indian plate and the Eurasian plate.
The Himalayas
The Alps
The Andes
The Atlas
The internal processes that cause changes on the earth's crust is called
Tectonic Movements.
Earthquakes
Zones of faulting.
Weathering