A principle that states that geologic process that occurred in the past can be explained by current geologic processes
What is Uniformitarianism
100
The Study of Earthquakes
What is Seismology
100
The body of molten rock that feeds a volcano.
What is Magma Chamber
100
The boundary between tectonic plates that are sliding past each other horizontally
What is Transform Boundary
200
A force of attraction between two objects that is due to their masses.
What is gravity
200
A principle that states geologic change occurs suddenly
What is Catastophism
200
An instrument that records vibrations in the ground and determines the location and strength of an earthquake.
What is Seismograph
200
A volcanically active area of Earth’s surface far from tectonic plates like Hawaii
What is a hot spot
200
The boundary between two tectonic plates that are moving away from each other
What is a divergent boundary
300
The tendency of an object to resist being moved or, if the object is moving, to resist a change in speed or direction until an outside force acts on the object
What is Inertia
300
The scientific study of fossils
What is Paleontology
300
The point along a fault at which the first motion of an earthquake occurs.
What is Focus
300
A funnel-shaped pit near the top of the central vent of a volcano.
What is a Crater
300
The solid outer layer of the earth that consist of the crust and the ridged upper part of the mantel.
What is the lithosphere
400
The curved path that an object follows when thrown, launched, or otherwise projected near the surface of the earth.
What is Projectile motion
400
A principle that states that younger rocks lie above older rocks if the layers have not been disturbed
What is law of superposition
400
An area along a fault where relatively few earthquakes have occurred recently but where strong earthquakes have occurred in the past.
What is Seismic gap
400
A large, semicircular depression that forms when the magma chamber below a volcano partially empties and causes the ground above to sink.
What is a Caldera.
400
The stress that occurs when forces act to stretch an object.
What is Tension
500
Which law of motion allows a person to pull a sheet quickly from a table and the items on that table will remain in place?
What is newton's 1st law: Objects at rest want to stay at rest.
500
The process in which radioactive isotope tend to break down into stable isotope of the same element or another element
What is Radioactive decay
500
A hypothesis that is based on the idea that a major earthquake is more likely to occur along the part of an active fault where no earthquakes have occurred for a certain time period.