Hazards
What type of natural hazard is due to lack of rainfall and is caused by atmospheric patterns or overuse of water?
Drought
What layer of Earth is the outermost layer?
The wearing away of Earth's surface due to things such as wind or ice
Erosion
What is a vent that connects magma to the surface of Earth?
Volcano
What heat transfer method involves NO Direct contact and has space between the objects?
Radiation
Tectonic parts are part of the ___________________ that is broken.
Lithosphere
What are the two types of crust?
Continental and Oceanic
Daily Double: Rocks and minerals get broken down into smaller pieces due to water exposure and temperature
Weathering
Daily Double: What type of volcano is a smaller volcano that includes almost no lava and are typically smaller volcanoes?
Cinder Cone
What are the remains of living things that have been preserved in rock?
Fossils
Type of volcanic eruption that consists of slow flowing lava
Effusive Eruption
What layer of Earth is the thickest and is a solid/liquid mix?
Mantle
___________________________ play a role in the creation of mountains, volcanoes, and earthquakes.
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes can cause this type of natural hazard and can strike with little warning but signs of unusual ocean behavior are clues
Tsunamis
What moves tectonic plates on Earth?
Convection currents in the mantle!
Daily Double: Scale used to quantify the amount of energy released by an earthquake?
Richter Scale
What layer of Earth is made up of metals (iron and nickel)?
Inner Core
Snow piling up gets packed tightly together and turns into solid pieces of ice as they gradually move across Earth's surface.
Glaciation
The movement of tectonic plates and other cracks in Earth's crust cause these ground vibrations
Earthquakes
What types of resources can not be re-made and once they are gone it takes many years to replenish? Ex. fossil fuels
Nonrenewable Resources
What hazard occurs along fault lines or cracks in Earth's crust where tectonic plates meet?
Earthquake
Which layer of Earth is responsible for Earth's magnetic field?
Outer Core
Sediment is carried away via water or wind and placed in a new location
What city was destroyed by a composite volcano due to pyroclastic flow?
Pompeii
What is the heat source for convection currents in the mantle?
The inner core!