Lesson One
Lesson Two
Lesson Three
Lesson Four
Lesson Five and Misc.
100
The ________ is Earth's solid, rocky surface.
What is the crust.
100
The height above or below sea level is called ________.
What is elevation.
100
A ___________________ is a break or crack along which tectonic plates can move.
What is a fault.
100
The process of ______________ occurs when rocks and other particles are picked up and moved.
What is erosion.
100
What is the difference between an active, extinct, and dormant volcano?
Active- erupts often or has recently Dormant- has erupted but not for a long time Extinct- Has never been observed to have erupted
200
What is the hydrosphere?
What is the part of Earth containing water.
200
What is the process in which an oceanic plate slides under a continental plate?
What is subduction.
200
What is the point below the surface of Earth where an earthquake begins?
What is the focus.
200
The natural process by which rock breaks down into smaller pieces is called ______________.
What is weathering.
200
What is a trace, imprint, or remain of a living thing kept in Earth's crust?
What is a fossil.
300
What are the horizontal lines on a globe that measure the distance north and south of the equator?
What are lines of latitude.
300
What happens at divergent boundaries?
plates move apart
300
The location on the surface of Earth above the focus of an earthquake is called the ________________.
What is the epicenter.
300
The process where particles are moved by erosion and end up in a new location is called _______________.
What is deposition.
300
Name one similarity and two differences between the Richter and Mercalli Scales.
Answers Vary.
400
The layer of gases surrounding Earth make up the __________.
What is the atmosphere.
400
What is the central opening in a volcano called?
What is the vent.
400
What is the instrument that detects, measures, and records the energy of an earthquake?
What is a seismograph.
400
What are loose pieces of minerals, rock,and organic material.
What is sediment.
400
Why doe earthquakes and volcanoes often occur in the same geographic area?
Earthquakes and volcanoes both occur along tectonic plate boundaries; therefore, they often occur in the same geographic area.
500
Name three landforms and state if they are above the ground, below the ground, or level with the ground.
Answers vary.
500
What is the hot fluid rock just below the lithosphere called?
What is magma.
500
If a tsunami occurs, what do you know has happened?
We know that an earthquake has occurred underneath the ocean floor.
500
Erosion caused by Earth's gravity pulling materials from high places to low places is called ___________________.
What is mass wasting.
500
What is the difference between chemical and physical weathering? Give an example of each.
Answers vary.
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