Features of the Earth
Location on the Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
The earths shape, wade at the equator
What is Oblate Spheriod
100
Imagenary lines that run horizontaly?
What is Latitude
100
thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor
What is Oceanic Crust
100
A massive wave created by an earthquake
What is Tsunami
100
a feature produced when a vent of a volcano is blown apart during eruption
What is Crater
200
The two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes the highest in the norther and summer hemispere.
What is solstice
200
The two points on the earth where the earths magnetic fields meet?
What is Geomagnetic Poles
200
where two plates slide past each other
What is Transform Boundary
200
The point under the surface of the earth where plates fault
What is Focus
200
Slightly thicker than dust
What is Volcanic ash
300
The molten, liquid, iron layer under the mantle
What is Outer Core
300
Imagenary lines which run horizantally across the earth to distinguish the location on earth?
What is Paralells
300
A chain of Islands that form at a subduction zone
What is Island Arc
300
a Region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquake and volcanos occur
What is Ring of Fire
300
regions underneath lithosphere plates which are abnormaly hot
What is Hot spots
400
Two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes the equator
What is Equinox
400
Imaginary lines which run vertically across the earth to distinguish the location?
What is Meridians
400
Deep feature that forms at a subduction zone
What is Ocean Trench
400
Primary waves
What is P waves
400
large, and wide, short volcanos which produce runny mafic lava
What is Sheild volcanos
500
another name for a year?
What is Reveloution
500
The study of maps.
What is Cartography
500
Where two plates move apart from each other
What is Divergent boundary
500
The name of Sir Margeteans cat?
What is Senor Mittens
500
biggest volcanos
What is Compostie volcano
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