Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Electromagnetic Spectrum
Weather Factors
Predicting the Weather
100
What was the name of Alfred Wegener's supercontinent?
Pangaea
100
What are the 3 types of seismic waves?
p wave, s wave, and surface waves
100
The shorter the wavelength, the ____________ the energy
higher/greater
100
What instrument is used to measure air pressure?
barometer
100
what is the name of a weather scientist?
meteorologist
200
Earthquakes are causes mostly by what plate movement?
Transform
200
This instrument is used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
seismograph
200
What type of radiation can you see?
visible light
200
The curving of the wind due to Earth's rotation is called the
Coriolis effect
200
a low pressure system signifies what kind of weather
lousy-rainy, storms
300
This process produces new ocean crust
sea floor spreading
300
what seismic wave is the most destructive?
surface waves
300
What type of radiation gives you sunburn?
Ultraviolet
300
Wind is caused by
differences in air pressure
300
Air pressure is rising, indicating that..
clear weather is approaching
400
This is the mechanism by which tectonic plates move
convection currents
400
Why doesn't Mississippi have a lot of earthquakes?
we are not on a fault
400
True or False- all radiation harms you
false.
400
Which global wind pattern affects the United States?
prevailing westerlies
400
Tornadoes and strong thunderstorms occur with which type of front?
What is cold front
500
Describe the difference between the asthenosphere and the lithosphere
lithosphere-rigid, brittle crust asthenosphere-plasitc like and flowing
500
What is the famous fault line called in California?
San Andreas
500
Describe the difference between red shift and blue shift.
red shift-object is moving away blue shift-object is coming toward you
500
List the 4 layers of the atmosphere (in order)
troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere
500
Mississippi is influenced most by which air mass?
maritime tropical
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