Geologic Hazards
What is one of the ways that humans combat earthquakes to protect life and property?
Avoid building on major fault lines (This will be on the quiz)
Name the layers of the Earth in order from inside out.
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mantle, Crust
True or False: All volcanoes take place along plate boundaries.
False: Hotspots form from mantle plumes (This is on the quiz)
The type of rock that fossils are found in.
Sedimentary Rock
Name one type of weathering.
Physical / Mechanical Weathering: wind, water, ice
Chemical Weathering: acid rain
Name a hazard caused by volcanic eruptions.
Ash fall, volcanic gas
Within the mantle lies the ____ , which is where the convection currents are moving the plates.
Asthenosphere
Convection currents drive tectonic plates and are in what layer of the earth?
Mantle
Which igneous rock cools on the inside of the earth?
Intrusive Igneous Rock
The type of boundary where underwater volcanoes take place.
Divergent
The cause of most natural hazards.
Tectonic Plates
The lower part of the crust and the upper part of the mantle together make the...
Lithosphere
Subduction zones are associated with what type of boundary?
Convergent
Which rock comes from melting and cooling?
Igneous Rock
What phenomenon is associated with magma rising?
Volcanic Eruptions, Mid-Ocean Ridges, Divergent boundaries
Waves related to earthquakes.
Seismic Waves
The layer where convection currents are moving the plates.
Mantle
Ridges are formed at what type of boundary?
Which rock comes from heat and pressure?
Metamorphic Rock
What phenomenon is associated with fault lines?
Earthquakes
Caused by excessive water on a slope.
Landslides or Mudslides
The layer that we walk on.
Crust
Give another name for Tectonic Plates.
Lithospheric Plates
Earth Plates
Which rock comes from weathering & erosion and compaction & cementation?
Sedimentary Rock
What type of boundary forms mountains?
Convergent