Plate Tectonics
The rising and falling of heat. (The current that is responsible for plate tectonics.)
What is convection?
The inner core is made from nickel and this metal.
What is iron?
Planets are not included in constellations because __________.
What is they move?
This is a cyclone over land.
What is a tornado?
Intrusive igneous rock (i.e. granite) cools slower so the crystals are ______________.
What is larger?
I am the father of the theory of the continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wagner?
This liquid plastic layer of the earth rides on top of the mantle and underneath the lithosphere.
What is Aesthenosphere?
Comets are made of dust, rock, gas and _____________.
What is ice?
When a cold front meets a warm front, this happens.
What is a storm, stormy weather.
Volcanoes that have high viscosity lava and tend to be more explosive.
What are stratovolcanoes or composite volcanoes?
This type of boundary encourages sea floor spreading.
What is a divergent boundary?
This layer of atmosphere contains the ozone layer.
What is the Stratosphere?
What is Jupiter?
Inclement weather most often will occur in areas of __________ pressure. (low/high)
What is low?
This type of rock is changed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic rock? (i.e. Marble)
The circle of volcanic activity including many islands in the Pacific Ocean.
What is The Ring of Fire?
The hottest layer of the atmosphere.
What is the Thermosphere?
This type of power fuels our sun.
What is hydrogen fusion?
This type of weather is determined by extreme cold, heavy snow and limited visibility.
What is a blizzard?
This type of natural disaster is the most difficult to predice.
What is an earthquake?
The boundary of the Eurasian and Pacific plates runs through this island country.
What is Iceland?
The specific portion of the thermosphere that the Aurora Borealis is found.
What is the Ionosphere?
When a star dies and collapses, this is created.
What is a black hole?
Many hurricanes begin as a tropical ______________.
What is depression?
This zone under the earth's crust is where rock recycling occurs (melting under plates).
What is the subduction zone?