Shaking of Earth's crust: a violent shaking of the Earth's crust that may cause destruction to buildings and results from the sudden release of tectonic stress along a fault line or from volcanic activity.
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How many types of volcanoes are there?
Three
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What is the name of the giant supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago?
Pangaea
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List the planets from closest to the sun to the farthest away from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
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What is the study of the atmosphere and the process that produces weather?
Meteorology
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What is the name of the small earthquake that happens before the earthquake?
Foreshock
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What are the factors that affect an eruption?
Magma composition, magma temperature, and the amount of dissolved gases in the magma determine if the volcano will erupt violently or quietly.
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What is a convergent boundary?
Two plates that moves towards each other
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Now that Pluto is no longer considered a planet, what is it considered?
A dwarf planet
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What is the study of the Earth?
Geology
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What is name of the small earthquake that happens after the earthquake?
Aftershock
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Earth’s oceans contain ______ % of all volcanoes.
80%
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What is a divergent boundary?
Two plates that move away from each other
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How many types of galaxies are there? List them
3 types
Spiral- 30%
Elliptical-60%
Irregular -10%
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How do you determine a location on a map?
Latitude and Longitude
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What are faults?
Fractures/cracks in the Earth's crust due to plate activity
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What is the most active volcano on Earth?
Mt. Kilauea in Hawaii
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What is a transform fault boundary?
Two plates that slide (grind) past one another
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What kind of galaxy do we live in? What is it called?
What is the name of the point on Earth’s surface where an earthquake originates?
Epicenter (The focus is below the surface)
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What is a pyroclastic flow?
Particles produced in volcanic eruptions that range in size from fine dust, volcanic ash, to pieces that erupt and hurtle through the air during an eruption
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List at least 2 pieces of evidence that support the idea of Pangaea
Fossils, Continental Puzzle, Land Formations (mountains), rocks
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What are the stages of a star’s life- list them.
1.Protostar stage- collapsing cloud of gas and dust
2.Main-sequence star-90% of its life, massive stars use fuel faster than the smaller stars
3.Red giant stage-expands and becomes red
4.Burnout and death-run out of fuel and collapse.