Volcanoes
The circle around the Pacific Ocean where volcanoes are active
What is the Ring of Fire?
Rocks formed just outside of the magma chamber that never fully melt
What is a metamorphic rock?
Name of the alleged supercontinent that existed before the break in continents
What is Pangea?
The phase of the moon that follows the full moon.
What is a waning gibbous?
An educated guess
Rock formed from lava
What is an igneous rock?
The breakdown of rocks and living matter that then leads to erosion (the transportation of these particles)
What is weathering?
Plate boundaries that are moving into each other
The shape of the earth
What is an oblate spheroid?
The mammal that looks like a dinosaur that you had to draw last week for homework
What is a dimetrodon?
Magma outside of the volcano
What is lava?
Rocks formed from lava beneath the surface of the earth
What are intrusive igneous rocks?
This is the spot where the earthquakes actually starts
What is the focus?
Is aphelion closer to the earth or further than perihelion?
What is aphelion?
A chemical bond between two or more metal atoms
What is a metallic bond?
These types of volcanoes produce violent eruptions which endanger populations around them.
What is a composite cone?
This type of dripstone is located on the floor of caves and caverns.
What is a stalagmite?
Plate boundaries that are forming new lithosphere
What is a surface wave?
A chemical bond between two or more nonmetal atoms
What is a covalent bond?
This type of magma is the THICKEST type
What is felsic magma?
Phase of the rock cycle that happens after compaction and causes the rocks to crystallize together
What is cementation?
These form when there is not enough pressure for a fault, but compression of the lithosphere is still occurring
What is a fold?
Earth Science is important to study for this reason
What is being good stewards?
A chemical bond between at least one nonmetal and one metal atom
What is an ionic bond?