LAYERS OF THE EARTH
NAME THE 4 LAYERS FROM THE INSIDE TO THE OUTSIDE
INNER CORE, OUTER CORE, MANTLE, CRUST
GEOLOGY
ASTRONOMY
GEOLOGY - THE STUDY OF EARTH
ASTRONOMY - STUDY OF PLANETS, MOONS, STARS, COMETS, GALAXIES
(CELESTIAL BODIES)
WHAT IS A SEISMOGRAPH AND WHAT DOES "SEISMO" MEAN?
SEISOMOGRAPH IS AN INSTRUMENT USED TO DETECT EARTHQUAKE TREMORS.
SEISMO MEANS RELATING TO EARTHQUAKE
DEFINE LAVA AND MAGMA
MAGMA IS MELTED ROCK UNDER GROUND
WHEN MAGMA REACHES THE SURFACE AND ERUPTS FROM THE VOLCANO IT IS CALLED LAVA
NAME THE 3 FOSSIL FUELS
CRUDE OIL , NATURAL GAS, COAL
WHICH IS THE THINNEST AND THICKEST LAYER OF THE EARTH?
THINNEST - CRUST
THICKEST - MANTLE
METEOROLOGY
HYDROLOGY
METEOROLOGY - THE STUDY OF THE ATMOSPHERE ESPECIALLY WEATHER
HYDROLOGY - THE STUDY OF EARTH'S WATER
WHAT ARE TECTONIC PLATES?
WHERE IS MOUNT ST. HELEN'S ?
WASHINGTON STATE
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR CRUDE OIL?
PETROLEUM OIL
WHAT IS THE PANGEA THEORY?
THE THEORY OF A LARGE LAND MASS
EVOLUTION
CREATION
EVOLUTION - THE BELIEF THAT LIFE EVOLVED OVER MILLIONS OF YEARS
CREATION - THE BELIEF THAT GOD CREATED THE EARTH IN 6 DAYS
WHAT IS A FAULT AND AN AFTERSHOCK?
AFTERSHOCK - SMALLER EARTHQUAKE THAT FOLLOWS A LARGER EARTHQUAKE
DEFINE DORMANT, EXTINCT, AND ACTIVE TYPES OF VOLCANOES
DORMANT - A VOLCANO THAT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF ERUPTING BUT HASN'T BEEN ACTIVE IN A VERY LONG TIME
EXTINCT - A VOLVANO THAT IS NOT CAPABLE OF ERUPTING ANYMORE
ACTIVE - A VOLCANO THAT IS CAPABLE OF ERUPTING AT ANYTIME
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CRUDE OIL AND COAL ?
CRUDE OIL - LIQUID FUEL FORMED FROM REMAINS OF SEA CREATURES AND PLANTS
COAL - FORMED FROM REMAINS OF PLANTS
WHAT ARE THE TWO SUB-LAYERS BETWEEN THE CRUST AND THE MANTLE?
LITHOSPHERE AND ASTHENOSPHERE
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
ASK A QUESTION, FORM A HYPOTHESIS, EXPERIMENT, RECORD DATA, DRAW CONCLUSION,COMMUNICATE RESULTS
WHAT IS THE EPICENTER AND FOCUS OF AN EARTHQUAKE?
FOCUS - THE POINT WHERE TWO TECTONIC PLATES RELEASE SEISMIS WAVES
EPICENTER -THE POINT ON EARTH'S CRUST DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FOCUS
DEFINE PLUME AND BOMB
PLUME - A LARGE CLOUD OF SMOKE WHICH APPEARS AFTER AN ERUPTION
BOMB - ERUPTION OF LARGE MASS OF MOLTEN ROCK THAT SOLIDIFIES IN THE AIR BEFORE HITTING THE GROUND
HOW IS NATURAL GAS FORMED?
NATURAL GAS IS A BY-PRODUCT OF THE OIL FORMATION PROCESS
THE CORE CONSISTS OF THESE TWO ELEMENTS -
IRON & NICKEL
1ST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
2ND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS
1ST - ENERGY CAN NEITHER BE CREATED OR DESTROYED
2ND - A SYSTEM WILL LOSES ITS ENERGY AND GO INTO A STATE OF DISORDER
A SCIENTIST WHO STUDIES EARTHQUAKES IS CALLED A ---
SEISOMOLOGIST
DEFINE ASH, CINDERS, TEPHRA
ASH -TINY FRAGMENTS OF MOLTEN ROCK
CINDERS - LARGER FRAGMENTS OF MOLTEN ROCK
TEPHRA - FRAGMENTS (REGARDLESS OF SIZE) THAT ERUPT FROM A VOLCANO
HOW DO WE USE CRUDE OIL?
WHEN CRUDE OIL IS DISTILLED AT DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, VARIOUS PRODUCTS ARE PRODUCED.
OIL FOR ASPHALT, DIESEL GAS, JET FUEL, KEROSENE, PROPANE, BUTANE, NAPHTA, GASOLINE, HEATING OIL