Earth and Space
What is the word used for the study of earth?
Geology
Who is the "Geo Gentleman"?
Alfred Wegener
What is the innermost layer of the earth of the earth called?
The Inner Core
The Richter Scale is measured from
a)6-10 b)1-5 c)1-10 d)1-10986832597352972357294
c)1-10
What is a volcano?
Can you name the Earths 4 Sphere's?
Hydrosphere-water
Biosphere- land wildlife and organisms
Geosphere- Earth-crust-mantle-core
Atmosphere- Oxygen, Nitrogen, Carbon (gases that make up the air around us)
At one point all the continents were connected what is the name of this supercontinent?
Pangaea
What are the two different types of earths crust?
Oceanic crust and Continental crust
What two categories are earthquakes measured in?
Magnitude(the size of the seismic waves) and Intensity(how violent an earthquake is)
What was the name of the famous volcano that erupted in Italy suffocating and burying the inhabitants in poisonous gas from pyroclastic flows?
*Bonus can you name 2 of the towns the volcano engulfed?
Name of volcano: Mt. Vesuvius
Towns hit/engulfed: Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.
The upper layer of Earth, which includes its thin brittle crust is called the what?
Lithosphere
At what rate do tectonic plates move?
What is a Seismic Wave?
Waves of energy that travel through Earth's layers, and are a result of earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc.
Earthquakes are produced by the rapid release of * * stored in a rock that has been subjected to great forces.
Elastic Energy
What are the three main volcano types?
Which of the three is the most violent?
Shield volcanoes
Cinder cones
Composite
What does "Protosun" mean?
Pre-sun
Can you name the 3 different types of Plate Boundaries?
Divergent- two plates move apart
Convergent-two plates move together
Transform Fault- two plates grind past each other
What are the 3 types of earths plate boundaries?
Oceanic-Continental
Oceanic-Oceanic
Continental-Continental
What is the "Ring of Fire"?
It is a hotspot for volcanoes and earthquakes because of the amount that has already occurred
What type of rock is melted to form magma?
Igneous
What is the Nebular Hypothesis?
The idea that the solar system evolved from a rotating cloud called the solar nebula
Difference between The Lithospheric Plate and the Asthenosphere Plate?
The Asthenosphere is weaker and less brittle
What is the major difference between oceanic plates and continental plates?
Oceanic plates are much heavier because the rock is much denser
How do animals know when an earthquake is coming?
Their ears pop!
Do you remember the difference between a Laccolith and a Magma chamber?
Hint: look at one of the volcano diagrams on the first page of the volcano fill in the blanks page
A magma chamber contains magma that has an outing through a/the vent. Laccolith's happen when magma pushes through or in between layers of sedimentary rock but do not fully go through.