Naming Earth's Structure
Earth's structure
Continental Drift
Miscellaneous
Rocks & Minerals
Volcanoes
Plate Boundaries
Earthquakes
100
the other name for centrosphere
core
100
The boundary between lithosphere and mesosphere
Moho Discontinuity
100
These are the 4 pieces of evidence supporting the continental drift
paleoclimatology, fossil correlation, geologic fit, coastline fit
100
Occurs when slow, steady stress is applied over a long time. When the stress is removed, the rock doesn’t go back to its original shape
Ductile Deformation
100
This rock belongs to what rock catagory
metamorphic-marble
100
These volcanoes are found on continents with steep sides, and many layers of cinder and ash.
Cinder cone volcanoes
100
The name of the boundary where two plates come together
Converging Plate Boundary
100
The name of the instrument is
Seismograph
200
the other name for lithosphere
crust
200
makes up one percent of the earth's mass
crust
200
the study of past climates
paleoclimatology
200
The other name for the super continent
Pangea
200
which rock is known as intrusive and extrusive
igneous
200
volcanic mudflows that occur on continental volcanoes are known as what?
Lahars
200
Subduction zone occurs between what two plates
oceanic and continental
200
These are the names of the shock waves generated by earthquakes
compression waves
shear waves
surface waves
300
the other name for continental crust
Sial
300
these are known as the two parts of the mantle
upper and lower mantle
300
the Mesosaurus was found on which 2 continents
Africa and South America
300
The fitting of Africa and South America falls into which one of the 4 categories
Coastline fit
300
what is the name of the very common rock everyone found yesterday
granite
300
This volcano is known as what?
compostite or stratovolcanoes
300
Mid ocean ridges occur along what plate boundary
Divergent
300
the point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake.
epicenter
400
other name for Sima
Oceanic crust
400
The asthenosphere is located in what area of the mantle
upper mantle
400
coal forms only in this area
tropical
400
which mountain ranges were present on both sides of the atlantic ocean
appalachian and eastern greenland
400
which rock can be formed from igneous and sedimentary rock
metamorphic
400
These are formed when igneous rock intrudes between rock layers
sills
400
A long, narrow, steep-sided depression in the ocean bottom that occurs at a convergent plate boundary
ocean trench
400
This image can be connected to what theory
Elastic Rebound Theory
500
other name for mantle
mesosphere
500
The inner core is in what state
solid
500
fossils of what plant were found across 4 continents
the fern
500
Features of Extrusive Volcanic Activity
Name all 5
Lava
Pyroclastics
Caldera
Lahars
Nuees Ardentes
500
which two minerals are found in the outer core
nickel and iron
500
The name of this feature is
Caldera
500
Rocks will respond to stress in these three ways
Brittle Fracture
Elastic Deformation
Ductile Deformation
500
Are waves of energy that travel through Earth's layers, and are a result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, magma movement, large landslides, large man-made explosions that give out low-frequency acoustic energy.
Seismic waves