Features of the Earth
Location of the Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
an oblate spheroid
What is the earth considered?
100
Mercator
What is the most common map projection?
100
the supercontinent
What is pangea?
100
when the plates break and snap back into place
What does the elastic rebound theory say?
100
cinder cone, shield, and composite
What are the three types of volcanoes?
200
crust, mantel, outer core, and inner core
What are the internal zones of the earth?
200
it compares a map to the real life distance
What is a map scale?
200
when the continents spread apart from each other
What is continental drift?
200
the point where the earthquake first occurred?
What is the focus of an earthquake?
200
hot spots
What volcano feature formed the Hawaiian islands?
300
the way the earth rotates on it's axis
What causes the seasons?
300
the measurement in elevation?
What is topography?
300
when the seafloor spreads apart which forms mid ocean ridges
What is seafloor spreading?
300
the point right above the focus
What is the epicenter of an earthquake?
300
mafic & felsic
What are the two types of lava?
400
rotation- when it rotates on its axis revolution- when it rotates around the sun
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
400
latitude- horizontal longitude- vertical
What is the difference between latitude and longitude?
400
divergent, convergent, transform
What are the three types of plate boundaries?
400
waves produced by an earthquake (primary and secondary waves)
What are seismic waves?
400
conduit
What is the passage that transports the lava through the stupid volcano that no one cares about?
500
an orbit
What is it called when the earth revolves around the sun?
500
contour lines
What are the lines called that are on topographic maps?
500
Alfred Wegner
Who proposed the theory of continental drift & pangea?
500
Mercalli- damage; uses roman numerals 1-12 Richter- energy of the earthquake; uses numbers 1-10
What is the main difference between the Mercalli and Richter scale?
500
volcanic dust, volcanic ash, lapilli, volcanic bomb
What is the order of pyroclasts from smallest to largest?
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