Earth's Interior/Continental Drift

Earthquakes

Sea Floor Spreading

Igneous Rocks

Volcanoes
100
The Oceanic Crust is THICKER than the Continental Crust. TRUE or FALSE
What is False
100
These types of waves arrive FIRST at a station.
What is P-waves
100
Sea Floor Spreading happens at this type of Boundary.
What is divergent boundary.
100
These two things help classify igneous rocks.
What is texture and color
100
High viscosity means that the magma is this.
What is thicker
200
The only layer of the earth that is NOT a solid.
What is the Outer Core
200
Name the three TYPES of eathquakes.
What is shallow, intermediate, and deep
200
Sea Floor Spreading occurs here.
What is Mid-Ocean Ridges
200
Igneous rocks are made up of these.
What is minerals
200
This type of magma will have the LEAST violent eruptions.
What is thinner/low resistance/runniest
300
This layer of the Earth is made up of the Crust and Uppermost solid Mantle.
What is the Lithosphere
300
Most Earthquakes occur here.
What is faults
300
The thicker part of the ocean floor is (closer/further) away from the mid-ocean ridge.
What is further
300
Obisidion would be classified as glassy, extrusive, and this color classification.
What is light
300
Pyroclastics are this.
What is hot mass of ash
400
Came up with the theory of Continental Drift.
What is Alfred Wegener
400
You need how many recording stations to find the epicenter of an Earthquake.
What is Three
400
If sea floor spreding is really happening, you should see this.
What is symmetrical magnetic stripes moving away from the ridge
400
This determines whether the rock is intrusive or extrusive.
What is texture
400
These types of volcanoes form over hot spots.
What is Shield or Flood Basalts
500
Three out of Four examples of evidence supporting the 'Continental Drift' theory.
What is fossils/fit-of-continents/rocks/climates
500
The label S-P on a seismograph is a measure of what?
What is the lag time between S- and P-waves
500
The reason why scientists can't find ocean floor sediment older than 200,000 years.
What is the old crust is being recycled
500
The four factors that determine the melting point of rocks.
What is pressure, temperature, water content, and silica content
500
These volcanoes are more likely to form near CONVERGENT plate margins.
What is Composite and Cinder Cones
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