Volcanoes and EQs
a crack in the ground is called
What is a fault?
this takes 24 hours
What is rotation?
Rocks made from melted rock that hardens.
What are igneous rocks?
The outermost layer of earth
What is crust?
A tool to measure the temperature.
What is thermometer?
the point on the earth's surface above the focus of an earthquake.
What is an epicenter?
Earth moving in orbit around the sun.
What is revolution?
Rocks that are made during heat and pressure.
What are metamorphic rocks?
The two seasons that have equal amount of light.
What is fall and spring equinox?
When water changes from a liquid to a gas.
What is evaporation?
These slip past each other to create an EQ.
What are tectonic plates?
Earth's movement that causes day and night.
What is rotation?
Bits and pieces that have chipped off rocks.
What are sediments?
This phase comes after the first quarter
What is the waxing gibbous?
This is the second step in the scientific method
What is research?
This type of volcanic eruption produces thick and slow lava.
What is effusive?
A planet's path around the sun.
What is orbit?
Where does subduction occur?
What is deep ocean trenches?
This rule states that the rock on the top is the youngest.
What is the law of superposition?
The difference between mass and weight.
What is amount of matter, gravitational pull?
Name 2 out of the 4 things scientists use to monitor volcanic eruptions
What are: increase of gas, increase of high temperatures, tilt of ground, or increase of EQs
This causes seasons on Earth.
What is Earth's tilt and revolution?
The difference between deposition, erosion, and weathering.
What is placement of sediments, movement of rocks and materials, and the breakdown of rocks?
An event that causes a sudden change on the surface of the earth.
What is a volcano, earthquake, or landslide?
Which two factors affect gravitational pull?
What are mass and distance?