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The process used by scientist to explore the world around us
The scientific inquiry/Scientific method
The SI unit for length
meter
Is mostly made from nitrogen and oxygen gas
the atmosphere
The outermost layer of Earth's geosphere
The Crust
This rock forms from pieces of sediment compressed together
Sedimentary
The supercontinent that existed hundreds of millions of years ago
Pangaea
The creation of new crust and the spreading apart of old crust on the ocean floor is known as what
Seafloor Spreading
The place where two tectonic plates meet
Plate Boundary
Tool that measures earthquakes
Seismometer
Vents in the Earth where lava flows out
Volcano
A renewable energy source that comes from the sun
Solar
The first step in scientific inquiry
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Is composed of all living things
The biosphere
The middle layer of Earth's geosphere
the Mantel
Liquid rock cooling and hardening forms this type of rock
Igneous
Wegener's theory on Continental drift states what?
That all of Earth's continents are in constant motion
Mountain Range located on the seafloor in the middle of the ocean
Mid-Ocean Ridge
A divergent plate boundary on land will form what type of land form
Rift Valley
The first seismic waves to arrive, these are the fastest and move in a push-pull motion
Primary waves or p-waves
Large sloping volcano that experiences lava flow
Shield Volcano
Uses the ocean currents to move turbines to generate energy
Hydroelectic Power
A statement that gives a prediction and a reason why it will happen
Hypothesis
A tool used to measure grams
Scale
Humans disturb which cycle by burning fossil fuels
the carbon cycle
The inner core differs from the outer core because it is ________
Solid
These rocks form under intense heat and pressure
Metamorphic
North America moves how far from Europe each year?
a few centimeters
The topography of the seafloor includes a smooth flat area known as what
Abyssal Plain
Continental-Continental convergent plate boundaries form what type of landform
Mountain ranges
Based on the Earthquake history of an area, building construction and style
Earthquake Risk
Formed from melted snow, mud, ash and lava from an eruption.
mudflow
Coal, Petroleum and Oil are known as what type of Non-renewable Energy source
Fossil Fuels
A scientific concept that is always true, like gravity
Scientific Law
A term that describes how close you are to the accepted or true value
accurate
Carbon leaves the biosphere during which process
cellular respiration
Composed of the crust and uppermost part of the mantel
Lithosphere
The shininess of a mineral
Luster
The landforms showed that North America and Europe were once connected
Appalachian Mountains in North American and the Caledonian Mountains in Europe
Earth's current magnetic orientation is pointed north known as what type of magnetism
Normal Magnetism
A volcano is more likely to form along a convergent plate boundary because one plate is sliding under another forming what?
A subduction zone
The point on Earth's surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
Epicenter
An objects resistance to flow, the difference between warm honey and cold honey
Viscosity
The process in which an area must be restored after it is excavated for natural resources
Reclamation
After being tested many times scientist will come up with what?
A Scientific theory
When measurements are close together
Precise
A river eroding away the shore is an interaction between which two of Earth's layers
hydrosphere and geosphere
Earth's layers formed because of
Density
When a rock breaks along smooth defined edges
Cleavage
Continental drift hypothesis was questioned because these were not yet understood
Forces that move solid rock
The process by which Earth's magnetic field switches direction as is evidence by the magnetic signatures on the ocean floor
Magnetic Reversal
Movement in the mantel that causes plate motion driven by the change in thermal energy and density
Convection currents
At which type of fault do two pieces of rock fall away from each other
Normal Fault
The type of volcano that forms depends on two factors
Eruption Style and Lava Composition
The element used in the nonrenewable energy resource, nuclear energy
Uranium