The Earth
The Atmosphere
Soil
Natural Occurances
Crust
100
occurs where plates slide past each other
What is Transform boundary
100
Rock type formed by cooling and classified by their silica content
What is Igneous
100
refers to rock and mineral from which the soil derives
what is parent material
100
Occur during abrupt movement on an existing fault, along tectonic plate boundary zones or along mid-oceanic ridges
What is an earthquake
100
expands from the surface of earth down to 20-30 miles
What is the continental crust
200
occurs where plates slide apart from each other
What is divergent boundary
200
Rock Type formed by intense heat and pressure
What is Metamorphic
200
refers to the physical characteristics of the location where the soil is formed
What is topography
200
strength or magnitude of an earthquake is commonly measured by the
What is richter scale
200
from the surface of earth down to about 7 miles
What is the oceanic crust
300
occurs where two plates slide apart from each other
What is convergent boundary
300
rock type formed by piling and cementing of various materials over low-lying areas
What is Sedimentary
300
also known as the zone of leaching
What is the E horizon
300
Series of waves created when a body of water is rapidly displaced usually by an earthquake
What is a tsunami
300
the boundary between the earth's crust and the mantle
What is the moho
400
When two oceanic plates converge, they create
What is an island arc
400
rock type classified into intrusive and extrusive categories
What is igneous
400
Level below the C Horizon
What is bedrock
400
These emit large quantities of sulfur dioxide
What are volcanoes
400
moss of the earth's mass is in this
What is mantle
500
when two continental plates collide, what is created?
What is mountain ranges
500
rock type where fossils form
What is sedimentary
500
Horizon where the topsoil is found
What is the A horizon
500
eruptions in these occur when pressure within magma chamber forces molten magma up through a pipe and out a vent at the top
What is a volcano
500
composed of mostly iron and is so hot that the outer core is molten. the inner core is under such extreme pressure that it remains solid
What is the core
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