Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
Chemistry
Toss up
100
Measures the magnitude of an earthquake
What is magnitude
100
The location of the ring of fire
What is the boundary of the pacific plate
100
An example of a divergent plate boundary
What is MOR
100
The number of energy levels found in a Bohr diagram of potassium (K)
100
Rock formed from heat and pressure
What is metamorphic
200
The seismic wave which does not travel through liquid
What is S wave
200
Volcanoes that erupt violently with a pyroclastic flow have a high level of this mineral.
What is silica
200
The process in which an ocean plate moves under a continental plate
What is subduction
200
The total number of electrons in a calcium atom
What is 20
200
The part of a roller coaster with the highest potential energy
What is the highest point
300
The first two steps for determining the epicenter of an earthquake
What is finding the S-P interval and the distance
300
Hawaiian volcanoes contain significant amounts of this igneous rock
What is basalt
300
The gradual movement of continents across the surface of the earth
What is plate tectonics
300
The balanced equation for a reaction between Al + O2 --> Al2O3
What is 4Al + 3 O2 ---> 2 AL2O3
300
The disadvantage of using nuclear power
What is radioactive waste
400
The type of seismic wave which causes the most damage
What is surface
400
The type of volcano which erupts gently with flowing basaltic lava
What is shield
400
The cause of earthquakes in California
What is a strike slip fault
400
The number of dots in an electron dot diagram of Chlorine
What is 7
400
This law explains why passengers in a vehicle continue moving at 55 mph even after a car hits an object and stops.
What is Newton's first law
500
The relative rate of cooling of granite
What is slow
500
The type of volcano that will most likely erupt with a pyroclastic flow.
What is composite
500
Three pieces of evidence for Pangaea
500
The balanced equation for a reaction between CO2 + H2O --> C6H12O6 + O2
What is 6 CO2 + 6 H2O --> C6H12O6 + 6 O2
500
An example of Newton's third law
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