Studying the Earth
The Earth in Space
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
The Milky Way Galaxy
100
An area of science where biology and earth science are closely related.
What is ecology?
100
The season when the hemisphere points towards the sun.
What is summer?
100
This German scientist first proposed continental drift.
Who is Wegener?
100
Movement of magma towards the earths surface
What is volcanism?
100
The type of galaxy that we live within
What is a spiral galaxy?
200
The four branches of earth science.
What are geology, oceanography, meteorology, astronomy
200
The seasons when Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun.
What are spring and fall?
200
The name of the first supercontinent.
What is Pangaea?
200
The area of volcanism WITHIN plates.
What are hot spots?
200
Our sun fuses hydrogen to..
What is helium?
300
A possible explanation to a solution or problem.
What is a hypothesis?
300
The term when earth is at is closest point to the sun in orbit.
What is perihelion?
300
The type of boundary that exists at Mid-Ocean Ridges.
What is divergent boundary?
300
This type of volcano is gentle sloping.
What is a shield volcano?
300
These groups of stars are classified by their grouping in the sky.
What is a constellation?
400
Scientists use this to study the starlight emitted from stars and it breaks it down into different spectrums.
What is a spectroscope?
400
The point in which earth is farthest away in its orbit around the sun.
What is aphelion?
400
Small tremors after the large earthquake.
What are aftershocks?
400
Stratovolcanoes are also known as..
What is a composite volcano?
400
The small bodies of matter in the solar nebula.
What are planetesimals?
500
The explanation of the origin of the universe.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
500
When a satellite remains above the same point at the equator in its orbit.
What is geosynchronous?
500
The small land masses that are grouped together and are made of different substances.
What are microplate terranes.
500
Which moon in our solar system is the most geologically active?
What is Io.
500
The name of the astronomer that proposed the heliocentric model of the universe.
Who is Copernicus?
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