The Scientific Method/ Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
List the parts that make up the Earth(from outer to inner)
What is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core
100
This is the name of a supercontinent that existed 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea
100
The measurement of energy in seismic waves
What is magnitude
100
Dark colored, thin lava which cools slowly and produces a ropy texture
What is Mafic Lava
100
Rocks that form from the cooling and crystalizing of magma
What is Igneous Rocks
200
The orbit of the Earth around the sun (365 days)
What is Revolution
200
A mountain chained formed due to seafloor spreading
What is Mid-Ocean Ridge
200
The amount of damage caused by an earthquake
What is Mercalli Intensity
200
A feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
What is Caldera
200
When a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surfaces
What is Cleavage
300
The two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes highest in the northern and southern hemispheres (23.5 degrees)
What is Solstice
300
A thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor
What is Oceanic Crust
300
The point under the surface of the earth where plates fault
What is Focus
300
The thinnest of all pyroclast (smallest)
What is Volcanic Dust
300
Gluing sediments together
What is Cementation
400
The two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes the equator
What is equinox
400
Where two plates move toward on another
What is convergent boundary
400
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the Earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur
What is Ring of Fire
400
Mafic lava which cools slowly and produces a ropy texture
What is Pahoehoe
400
Rocks that form underground
What is Intrusive
500
The spinning of the earth on its axis (24 hours)
What is rotation
500
Thick, light crust found on land
What is Continental Crust
500
Regions where plates under stress move apart
What is Fault Zones
500
Broad, wide, short volcanoes which produce runny mafic lava
What is Shield Volcano
500
Forms in layers
What is Stratification
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