Check Your Altitude
What is the difference between elevation and altitude?
Elevation = ground
Altitude = air
How does a tsunami occur?
An earthquake in the ocean
Mantle
The layer of Earth beneath the crust
Why are buildings built differently in places like California, where tectonic plates meet?
They have a lot of earthquakes, so their buildings need to be stronger
Latitude
The location north or south of the equator
Elevation
The height of a place above sea level
What are the two scales used to measure earthquakes? What is the difference between the two?
Mercali = experience/damage
Richter = seismic waves
Which part of Earth's layer is the hottest?
The core
How does an earthquake happen?
Tectonic plates rub against each other and cause tension
Longitude
The location east or west of the prime meridian
Name three landforms above sea level:
Varies
Which layer of rock is the oldest, the bottom layer or the top? Why?
The bottom layer. Because the layers form on top of each other over time
What are the three parts of a volcano?
Vent, magma chamber, and the crater
What would be the worst place to be in an earthquake? (near the…)
Epicenter
What measurement do you use when talking about a location in latitude and longitude?
Degrees
Where in the US is there a high elevation? Where is a low elevation?
High = Colorado
Low = Florida
Water covers about _________ percent of Earth’s surface.
75 percent
Explain what Pangea is:
The theory that all of the continents were once connected and they all separated into tectonic plates
What are the three types of faults?
Strike-slip, normal, reverse
What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
Latitude = runs east to west, tells north to south
Longitude = runs north to south, tells east to west
Does a globe show elevation? If not, what does?
No. Typographic map
Draw the directions the tectonic plates move at these different boundaries: divergent, convergent, transform
Divergent = away
Convergent = towards
Transform = slide along
Explain the parts of the Earth, comparing them to the parts of an apple:
Mantle = apple flesh
Core = apple core
What are the three types of volcanoes? Draw an example of each one:
Shield, cinder cone, composite
Varies
What is the degrees latitude and longitude of where the equator and the prime meridian meet?
0 degrees, 0 degrees