Intro to Earth Science
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
What are the four branches of Earth Science?
What are Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, and Astronomy
100
From greek "tektonikos" meaning construction
What is Tectonics
100
Where do most Earthquakes occur
What is the Ring of Fire
100
Liquid rock that is formed from heat inside the volcano
What is Magma
100
A series of processes that transform material from the stages of magma, igneous rock, sediment, sedimentary rock, or metamorphic rock to another
What is the Rock Cycle
200
How many steps are used to form a hypothesis?
What is 5
200
The slowly flowing, "plastic rock" layer underlying the lithosphere and provides movement of the plates
What is Asthenosphere
200
What is the fastest wave and arrives first. Is able to go through solids, liquids, and gases
What are Primary Waves
200
The type of lava that is light color, generally thick, and forms continental crust
What is Felsic Lava
200
Rock formed by the cooling and crystallization of magma
What is Igneous Rocks
300
What is the shape of the Earth?
What is an oblate spheroid
300
What are two types of crust? One is heavier and one is lighter
What is Oceanic and Continental Crust
300
What is the method used to locate an earthquakes epicenter
What is Triangulation
300
The largest type of pyroclastics
What are Volcanic Bombs
300
Minerals that break along a smooth, flat surface are known as this
What is Cleavage
400
A Latitude line that divides the earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres
What is the Equater
400
What is the convergence called where two oceanic crusts colliding that result in the heavier of the two being subducted under the other
What is Oceanic-Oceanic Convergence
400
The Mercalli Intensity is measure in this time of unit or scale. An example would be XI
What are Roman Numerals
400
When a volcano collapses due to an empty magma chamber, it can form a depression-shape feature known as this
What is Caldera
400
A class of Sedimentary rock that is formed from rock fragments carried by water, wind, or ice
What is Clastic Sedimentary Rock
500
The country that the Prime Meridian Runs through
What is England
500
Plates sliding past one another which can cause earthquakes
What is Transform
500
These two: body waves and surface waves are types of?
What is Seismic Waves
500
The most explosive volcano type. An example would be Mt. St. Helens
What is a Composite/Stratovolcano
500
Is a type of mineral that contains Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O) and is 90% of Earth's Crust
What are Silicates
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