Earthquakes & Volcanoes
This is at the surface of the Earth through which volcanic material passes
Vent
This is when cool air sometimes gets trapped beneath the warm air
Temperature Inversion
This is the theory that Earth's surface is made up of large moving plates
Continental Drift
These are people who study weather, gather data about weather conditions in different areas.
Meterologist
This is a nonrenewable energy resource formed from the remains of organisms that lived long ago
Fossil Fuel
This is the point on Earth s surface directly above an earthquake s starting point, or focus
Epicenter
This is the layer of the atmosphere that lies between the troposphere and the mesosphere and in which temperature increases as altitude increases; contains the ozone layer
Stratosphere
This is the name of all the continents together to form a supercontinent
Pangaea
This is the size and shape of the land surface features of a region, including its relief
Topography
This is the major byproduct of energy conversion
waste heat
This is a sensitive machine that record data about earthquakes. These data include information about the power and time intervals between P waves, S waves, and surface waves.
Seismograph
This shields living things on Earth's surface from ultraviolet-radiation damage
Ozone Layer
These are the four major categories of evidence that helped to prove the theory of continental Drift
Paleoclimate Data, Fossil Evidence, Apparent Fit, Geological Evidence
This is when two air masses meet but neither is displaced. Instead, the air masses move side by side along the front.
Stationary Front
These can be replaced through natural processes in a relatively short amount of time.
Renewable Resources
This is where 75% of the active volcanoes on Earth are located
The Ring of Fire
This is the boundary where the temperature of the troposphere stops decreasing.
Tropopause
This is the German scientist in the 1900’s that noticed the shape of South America and Africa looked like it fit together like a puzzle
Alfred Wegener
These are strong storms in the Indian Ocean
Cyclone
This is a solid fossil fuel that formed in ancient swamps when the remains of large, fernlike plants were buried under layers of sediment.
coal
These are the four ecological systems that can be affected during and after a volcanic eruption
Biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere
This is the order of all Earth's atmospheric layers from Earth to Outer Space
Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Ionosphere, Thermosphere, Exosphere
Ridges at the bottom of the ocean, such as the Mid-Atlantic Ocean occur at the bottom of the ocean. The rocks are _________________________ near the center of the ridge. The farther away from the ridge that you go, the ______________________ the rocks are, which suggests that the crust was moving away from the plate boundary in both directions.
Younger, Older
This is a large body of air throughout which temperature and moisture content are similar
Air Mass
These are the eight types of renewable energy resources
Solar, wind, freshwater hydroelectric, nuclear, geothermal, ocean tides, wood, biomass