Earth Processes
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100

When two boundaries rub against each other what can possibly occur?

Earthquake

100

When water weathers a rock by freezing and thawing thus breaking a rock.

What is frost wedging

100

A fossil found in multiple rock layers

Index fossil

100

The center of a hurricane is called the ______

eye

100

What year was Micky Mouse created?

1928

200

What is the average amount in cm that tectonic plates shift a year?

3-5 cm

200

Describe Mechanical Weathering

Physical forces that break rock into smaller pieces

200

What two things are needed for a fossil to form?

hard parts and quickly covered by sediment

200

The common component of a Thunderstorm, Tornado, and Hurricane is what?

Warm air

200
Name two fast food restaurants that sell curly fries

Arby's, Jack in the Box, Culvers, and Checkers/Rally's

300

Pangea was made from what two other massive continents?

Gondwana or Eurasia

300

Provide an example of biological weathering

Any weathering caused by a living organism

300

This law state rock layers are youngest to oldest from top to bottom

Law of Superposition

300

How is wind made?

Shifts in temperatures on the Earth's surface

300

What is the birthstone is May associated with?

Emerald

400

Two plate boundaries that shift side by side are called what?

Transform 

400

Ground water is found in this specific area called the zone of __________

saturation

400

Describe half life

time needed for a Radioactice isotope to decay it's nuclei in half. 

400
What part of the atmosphere is the primary blocker of UV radiation

Ozone

400
Name the 3 actors who have played Spider-Man

Toby Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland

500
Volcanic eruptions produce ash, soot, lava etc. What are those particles called?

Pyroclastic Materials

500
Ephemeral streams are streams that occur only after what event?

Streams that form after a rain

500
Without a calculator determine the age of organism that was found recently with only 1/16 of it's C14 isotopes. We know that this organism decays at a half life of 50 years

200 years old

500

In order of closest to Earth to Farthest tell me the order of the atmospheric layers

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere and Thermosphere

500

What is the name of the order given to the Clone Army in "Star Wars Revenge of the Sith" that made them turn on the Jedi

Order 66

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