Astronomy
The process in which heat from the sun reaches the earth.
Radiation
An earthquake with a shallow focus and magnitude of 4.5 would produce a severe or mild earthquake.
Severe
The correct order of earth's layers starting with the surface?
The crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core
What is ocean-ocean
Where the older denser plate will subduct into the mantle.
The earth's protection from the sun's harmful radiation.
the electromagnetic field.
The seismic p-waves and s-waves can help find the ______ of an earthquake
epicenter
The top part of the mantle and the crust above it.
the lithosphere
What is ocean-continental
The denser oceanic plate subducts
The process in which the sun produces energy
nuclear fusion
What is the difference between a divergent and a convergent plate?
A divergent plate boundary is the separation of two plates, while convergent is the coming together of two plates.
The layer of rocks where the oldest fossils are found
the bottom layer
What is continental continental
It does not subduct easily
the weather in the southern hemisphere if it's winter in the northern hemisphere.
summer because of the tilt of the earths axis.
Three types of volcanoes
shield,cinder,and composite
this soil layer has the greatest amount of decayed material
the top layer
What do P waves do
Move faster through denser material
What is the impact of tides on earth when the earth, sun, and moon are aligned?
there are very high and low tides
what are the two factors that affect the appearance of a volcano?
The material of the volcano and the eruptions that occur.
this is how scientists learn about the mantle and core of the earth.
studying the material that pushes through cracks in the crust.
what do s-waves do?
Shake the ground in a shearing, or crosswise, motion that is perpendicular to the direction of travel