Quakes & Volcanoes
P Waves
A form of mechanical weathering where rocks rub against each other.
Abrasion
Most abundant metal in the earth's crust.
Aluminum
This organelle is like lysol because it helps clean the cell.
Lysosome
Animals that eat both plants and animals are called ____.
Omnivores
The point directly above the focus of an earthquake is the ____.
Epicenter
Hangs from the ceiling of caves.
Stalactites
Nuclear energy depends on this mineral.
Uranium
Responsible for discovering small, empty chambers in a dried piece of cork.
Robert Hooke
Smallest member of the crocodilian family.
Caiman
Most dangerous and powerful volcanic eruption style.
Plinian
This type of weathering changes rocks into a new substance.
Chemical Weathering
This kind of energy uses heat from the earth to produce steam.
Geothermal Energy
The jelly-like substance inside the cell membrane that helps hold other organelles in place.
Cytoplasm
Tiny glass spines found on fiber optic sponges.
Spicues
A break in the earth's surface along which rock can move.
Fault
When an ice sheet reaches the ocean and continues to float it is then called a(n) ______.
Ice Shelf
Method of conservation that keeps water from washing soil away.
Contour Plowing
The ability to do work.
Energy
Soft-bodied animals with mantles.
Mollusks
An avalanche of red hot dust & gas that flows down the side of a volcano.
Pyroclastic Flow
Mixture of clay, sand, & silt; very fertile soil.
Loam
Most common form of coal
Bituminous
Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER)
This group of primates is the smallest in size and looks the least like the common monkey.
Prosimians