Inside Earth
Random Stuff
Science & Technology
Earthquakes & Others
Volcanoes
100
The process by which the ocean floor sinks beneath a deep-ocean trench and back into the mantle is known as...
Subduction.
100
An engineer is a...
A person trained to use both technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
100
Most geologists rejected Alfred Wegener’s idea of continental drift because...
Wegener could not identify a force that could move the continents.
100
A force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume is called...
Stress
100
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of..
Volcanoes forming over a hot spot.
200
Holes drilled several kilometers into Earth’s crust provide direct evidence about Earth’s interior in the form of...
Rock Samples
200
A working model used to test a design is called a...
Prototype
200
The ways in which people change the world around them to meet their needs or solve practical problems are called...
Technology
200
What type of earthquake wave can travel through both liquids and solids?
Primary Waves AKA P Waves
200
If a volcano’s magma is high in silica, the volcano will probably...
Erupt explosively
300
What is the correct order (starting from the surface) of Earth’s layers?
Crust, Mantle, Outer core, Inner core
300
The kilogram is the basic metric unit of...
Mass
300
Using data from seismic waves, geologists have learned that Earth’s interior is made up of several...
Layers
300
A large area of flat land elevated high above sea level is called a...
Plateau
300
When groundwater heated by magma rises to the surface and collects in a natural pool, it is called a..
Hot Spring
400
When the heat source is removed from a fluid, convection currents in the fluid will...
Eventually Stop.
400
Mass and weight are different because...
Weight depends on the force of gravity
400
The metric system of measurement is based on the number..
10 (ten)
400
A statement that describes what scientists expect to happen every time under a particular set of conditions is a...
Scientific Law
400
Which of the following volcano hazards is made up of rocky particles about the size of a grain of sand?
Volcanic Cinders
500
In your own words describe the convection process and give an example...
Lava Lamp Heat Air Condition Answers will vary.
500
In a scientific experiment, the responding variable can also be called the...
Dependent variable.
500
Which of the following is an example of thinking scientifically about a topic? a. finding out how bicycles work b. reading a consumer report about bicycles c. evaluating the costs of bicycles d. investigating the invention of bicycles
a. finding out how bicycles work
500
In your own words describe the process of sea floor spreading.
Magma rises from mid ocean ridge--> hardens and spreads over time. This process continues and eventually magma is pulled back down into the mantle at the ocean trenches in the process of subduction.
500
In your own words describe how island arcs form.
Hot Spot -> Magma hardens--> Island Arc forms and on this island there is a volcano that erupts and causes the land to become larger --> Because of continental drift, the island moves and a new one forms. this is how Hawaii formed and this is also how Hawaii continues to get larger over time.
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