Volcanoes
What is a volcano?
a mountain or hill, typically conical, having a crater or vent through which lava, rock fragments, hot vapor, and gas are being, or have been, erupted from the earth's crust.
What is a mineral?
inorganic substances that occur naturally in the Earth
How many kinds of mountains are there?
3
How many earthquakes happen every year?
1 millions
What is an island?
Bodies of land surrounded by water.
How many types of volcanoes are there?
4
Minerals join together to form the rock that makes up what?
The Earth's Crust
Where do plains typically form?
Interiors of the continents
How many main types of faults are there?
3
What is the name of the land mass that consisted of all the continents, fitting like a puzzle?
Pangea
Where do volcanoes tend to occur?
Around Convergent and Divergent boundaries
How is igneous rock formed?
The cooling of magma
Where is a Intermontane valley formed?
Between mountains
Give an example of how earthquakes are measured.
Richter Scale, Moment Magnitude Scale, Modefied Mercalli
What is a coastline?
Area on the edge of a landmass that meets an ocean or other large body of water.
What are the three stages of volcanoes?
Active, Dormant, Extinct
Give an example of sedimentary rock.
Chalk, sandstone, limestone, or coal
How many types of valleys are there?
5
How do earthquakes occur?
Tectonic plates are constantly moving
Rocks are not particularly slippery
Who came up with Continental Drift Theory?
Alfred Wegener
Volcanic rock breaks down into....
Fertile soil
What are the three types of rocks?
Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic.
Name the types of Mountains.
Fold, Undersea, and Fault-Block
How does a strike/slip fault move?
Horizontally, relative to one another
Name all continents without looking at your notes.
North America
South America
Europe
Asia
Africa
Australia
Antarctica