EARTH'S ACTIVE INTERIOR
Lithosphere, asthenosphere, mesosphere, outer core, inner core
What are the layers of Earth's interior?
Landform often created at convergent plate boundaries.
What are mountains?
Types of heat transfer
What are convection, conduction, & radiation?
He introduced the theory of continental drift.
What happens to temperature and pressure as you go deeper below Earth’s surface
What is they both increase?
Aa and Pahoehoe
What are the types of lava resulting from a quiet volcanic eruption?
Types of plate boundaries.
What are divergent, convergent, & transform?
A Navy Captain during World War II, he later developed the theory of sea-floor spreading.
Who was Harry Hess?
Fossils, climate, and landforms
What were the three types of evidence Wegener used to support his theory of continental drift?
Shield, cinder cone, composite
What are types of volcanic landforms?
Types of seismic waves
What are P, S, and surface waves?
In the 1950's this woman created detailed maps of the ocean floor.
Who was Marie Tharp?
Layer of Earth's interior believed to be the source of its gravitational field.
What is the outer core?
Location where a divergent boundary may be found on land.
What is a rift valley?
Stages of volcanic activity
What are active, dormant, & extinct?
Place where old sea floor material is returned to the mantle to begin again its journey through the convection cycle.
What is a deep ocean trench?
Location on the ocean floor where you would observe sea-floor spreading.
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
What are cinders, bombs, ash, pyroclastic flow?
Types of rocks
What are igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary?
Terms for molten rock before and after it erupts from Earth's surface?
What are magma & lava?