Unit 1 Structures of the Earth
Unit 2 Rocks and Minerals
Unit 3 Tectonic Plates
Unit 4 Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Unit 5 Weather & Climate
Unit 6 Outer Space
Mr.Knuth
100
What is the layer under the Earth's crust called?
the mantle
100
When scratching a mineral against another object, you are testing its?
Hardness
100
what are the two types of tectonic plates?
Oceanic plates and Continental plates
100
the spot above where an earthquake starts on the surface is called
Epicenter
100
an air mass that is warm and dry would be called what?
Continental Tropical - cT
100
How many planets are in our Solar System
8
100
How old is Mr.Knuth
26
200
how much space an object takes up is called
Volume
200
What are the three types of rocks
igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic
200
The theory that the continents are slowly moving is called
Continental drift
200
what device do scientists use to measure earthquakes
seismograph
200
what does the Ozone layer do to help us?
absorb UV radiation from the sun
200
Why does the Earth have seasons?
Because the Earths Axis is tilted
200
What is Mr. Knuth's favorite color?
Blue
300
When heat increases, density will generally what?
Decrease
300
How much a mineral reflects light is know as its?
its Luster
300
When one tectonic plate sinks below another
Subduction
300
what are the two types of waves in an earthquake
Primary and Secondary (S and P)
300
what type of clouds produce thunderstorms
cumulonimbus
300
if the moon appears to be getting bigger it is
Waxing
300
Where did Mr.Knuth teach before Shawano
Wisconsin Dells
400
What protects us from solar wind and allows compasses to work
Earth's magnetic field (or magnetosphere)
400
A mineral that breaks in jagged, not flat, pieces is said to have?
Fracture
400
What are the three types of Tectonic plate boundaries?
Convergent, Divergent, Transfrom
400
what type of volcano is large and wide, gently sloping and has thin lava ex mauna loa
shield volcano
400
This kind of front forms when a cold air mass and a warm air mass push AGAINST each other.
stationary front
400
What are the four types of galaxies?
Irregular, elptical, spiral, bared spiral
400
Where did Mr.Knuth go to high school
De Pere
500
As you go deeper into the Earth, what three things increase
Temperature, Density, and pressure
500
What property of a mineral is related to the atoms forming a repeated pattern
Crystal Structure
500
What is the largest unit of geologic time
Eon
500
how thick or thin a liquid is, is know as
Viscosity
500
what layer of the atmosphere do we live in?
troposphere
500
Our sun creates heat by nuclear fusion of what two elements?
Hydrogen to Helium
500
Mr. Knuth's favorite vacation spot
Jamaica