Earth Layers
The thinnest layer of the earth
Most earthquakes occur along
Plate boundaries OR the Ring of Fire
The youngest sea floor rock is located WHERE in relation to diverent boundaries?
Closest to the spreading center
What does it mean when we say that water has a high specific heat?
It takes A LOT of energy to raise the temperature of water by 1 degree & it takes a long time to decrease it by 1 degree.
The liquid metallic layer of the Earth
The outer core
The number of seismic recording stations needed to determine an earthquake's epicenter
3
This type of igneous rock results in large crystals
Instrusive (inside the earth)
An airmass classified as cP has what 2 characteristics?
dry and cold
This layer makes up the tectonic plates
Lithosphere
The scale used to measure the magnitude of an earthquake by using the amplitude of the tallest seismic wave.
Ricther Scale
This type of igneous rock is usually fine grained, vesicular, or glassy
Extrusive
Winds form when air moves from an area of ____ pressure to _____ pressure.
high, low
The plates move on top of this layer
asthenosphere
This deepest feature which forms at convergent boundaries
Trench
Type of volcano that forms from oceanic crust
Shield
The main human activity that reuslts in climate change
Burning fossil fuels
Plate movement is driven by __________ in the mantle.
convection
This feature is formed when two continental crust plates collide.
Fault block mountains
The type of volcano that forms when an oceanic and continental plate converge
Stratovolcano or Composite cone
List 2 greenhouse gasses
CO2, CH4, H2O, Ozone