The Scientific Method / Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
The Crust
The outer layer of the earth is?
100
Super continent when all Earth land was connected 200 million years ago.
What is Pangaea?
100
Ring of Fire
What is the nickname of the region bordering the Pacific Ocean where 80% of all earthquakes occur on Earth?
100
Melted rock located above the Earth's surface.
What is lava?
100
Rocks that form underground.
What is Intrusive?
200
Geology
What is the study of the Earth?
200
Lithosphere
What is the molten material below the lithosphere which causes plates to move?
200
Secondary Waves
What are the S waves that move slower than P waves and are shear waves?
200
Additional Openings on the sides of a volcano.
What is a side vent?
200
Compaction
What is the processes when rocks are squeezed together?
300
Astronomy
What is the study of everything outside of the Earth?
300
Transform Boundaries
What are plates move side by side past one another which can causes earthquakes. Ex- San Andreas Fault in California
300
Richter Magnitude Scale
What is the scale that measures the strength of seismic waves based on wave amplitude? Scale goes from 1-10
300
One plate moves under another causing magma to be produced and makes volcanoes.
What is subduction?
300
Vesicular
What are the gas bubbled that leave holes, and it's very lightweight?
400
Variance
What is the difference in the data called?
400
Divergent Boundaries
What are plates that are moving from one another Ex- seafloor spreading forms mid-ridges
400
Epicenter
What is the point on the Earth directly above the focus of the earthquake?
400
Pahoehoe and AA, pahoehoe cools slowly and has a ropy texture AA cools quickly and has a jagged texture.
What are the two types of Mafic Lava? and define them.
400
Solid, Inorganic, Occur Naturally
What are the characteristics of all minerals?
500
1. State the Problem 2. Gather information 3. Form a hypothesis 4. Test the hypothesis 5. State a conclusion
List the five Scientific Methods.
500
The world was once together called "Pangaea"
What did Alfred Wegener discover.
500
To locate an earthquake's epicenter, you need to use the difference in arrival time of P waves and S waves to find the distance. Then you need to use triangulation to combine distance and find a single point.
How do you locate earthquake epicenter?
500
Shield, Cinder cone, and Composite
What are the three types of volcanoes?
500
Silicate is any mineral containing silicon (Si) and oxygen (O).
What is the difference between silicate and non-silicate?
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