Layers
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Astronomy
Toss up
100
The mantle includes this "part"
What is the asthenosphere
100
A light colored, low density rock
What is granite
100
This wave only goes through solids
What are secondary waves
100
Both reflecting and refracting telescopes are designed to
What is gather and focus visible light
100
solar feature can increase the solar wind, sometimes causing electrical power problems on Earth
What is solar flares
200
The layer that is made up of partly crust and partly mantle
What is the lithosphere
200
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
What is volcanoes forming over a hot spot
200
The type of plate boundary that creates new sea floor
What is divergent
200
Draw a waning gibbous
Cresent shadow on the left
200
The type of rock that is less dense than oceanic crust
What is continental crust
300
Where the magnetic field of Earth is generated
What is inner and outer core
300
Hawaiian volcanoes contain significant amounts of this dark igneous rock found in oceanic crust
What is basalt
300
A long deep-ocean trench
What is mid-ocean ridge
300
An increasing moon is termed
What is waxing
300
An equinox occurs when
What is neither end of Earth’s axis is tilted toward or away from the sun.
400
On Earth, where convection currents are
What is the mantle
400
A'a is
What is volcanic rock consisting of angular blocks of lava with a very rough surface.
400
_______ and _________ plates collide when a volcano forms
What are ocean and continental
400
These link different parts of sunspot regions together
What are Solar prominences
400
The tendency of a moving object to continue moving in a straight line or a stationary object to remain in place is called
What is inertia
500
The layer of the Earth that lies below the lithosphere
What is the asthenosphere
500
Pahoehoe is
What is the second most abundant type of lava flow . Pahoehoe lava is characterized by a smooth, billowy, or ropy surface.
500
The type of boundary that forms California San Andres area
What is transform
500
The tides are caused by
What is differences in how much the moon pulls on different parts of Earth
500
The shape are the orbits of most comets
What is long, narrow ellipses
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