Body Systems
Blood cells that are the body's disease fighters
What are white blood cells?
A disease that spreads through a country, continent, and worldwide
What is a pandemic?
The study of earthquakes
What is seismology?
The opening of a volcano
What is a vent?
As you swim deeper in to the ocean, the water temperature gets: warmer, colder, or stays about the same
What is gets colder
Blood cells that carry oxygen to the body's cells
What are red blood cells?
Severe allergic reaction resulting in a massive release of histamines
What is anaphylactic shock?
What is the epicenter?
This is what created the Hawaiian Islands
What is a hot spot?
The deepest trench in the ocean
What is the Marianas Trench?
Body system that supplies oxygen to the cells and removes waste from cells(lungs/diaphragm)
What is the respiratory system?
Cause of an infectious disease
What is a pathogen?
When rock changes shape due to intense pressure
What is deformation?
Volcanic flow BEFORE it reaches the Earth's surface
What is magma?
Name Earth's five oceans
What are Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, Southern
Body system that is comprised of the heart, blood vessels, and blood
What is the circulatory system?
A disease continually found in small amounts(common cold)
What is endemic?
Place where two tectonic plates are moving away from each other
What is divergent?
Volcanic flow AFTER it reaches the Earth's surface
What is lava?
The name of a bend in a river
What is a meander?
Body system made up of the bladder, kidneys, and urethra; helps remove waste from the body
What is the urinary system?
What is a vaccine?
Scale most used to measure the intensity of an earthquake
What is the Moment Magnitude Scale
Volcanic ash and other matter that rushes down the side of a volcano
What is pyroclastic flow?
A stream that empties into a lake or larger stream
What is a tributary?