Earth Science/Topo Maps
What is the outer most layer of the Earth?
Crust.
What is the inner most layer of earth?
Inner Core
What is the name of the super-continent that existed around 175 million years ago?
Pangea
When magma from within the Earth's upper mantle works its way to the surface.
What are folds?
What is the word for the study of Earth?
Geology.
What causes an Earthquake?
What is Continental Drift?
The movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
What is a hot spot?
When magma breaks through the Earth's crust.
What is stress?
The force per unit area acting on a solid.
What is Earth Science?
The name for the group of sciences that study Earth and its neighbors in space.
Is the outer core a liquid or a solid?
Liquid.
Who is credited with the development of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wegener
What is magma?
Hot, molten rock.
What is deformation?
When a rock is deformed.
what is a topographic map?
A detailed and accurate two-dimensional representation of natural and human-made features on the Earth's surface.
What measures earthquakes?
What type of plate boundary would cause mountains to form?
Convergent.
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Lava is outside of the volcano and magma is inside of the magma chamber.
What are faults?
Fractures in the crust where movement has taken place.
What are the four main branches in Earth Science?
Geology, Meteorology, Oceanography, and Astronomy.
What is the point of origin of an earthquake called?
Epicenter.
Where do most volcanoes and mountains form?
Along plate tectonic boundaries.
What are the three kinds of volcanoes?
Shield, Composite, and Cone.
What is a terrane?
A crustal block bounded by faults.