The Study of Earth's Atmosphere(ex. ozone layer, clouds)
What is Meteorology?
100
The proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago.
What is Pangaea?
100
The straightening of plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves.
What is Elastic Rebound Theory?
100
Any structure which moves magma to the Earth's surface.
What is a Volcano?
100
The Rock Cycle Diagram
Magma - Crystallization - Igneous Rock - Weathering and Erosion - Sediment - Cementation and Compaction - Sedimentary Rock - Heat and pressure - Metamorphic Rock - Melt - Magma
200
A prediction based on observation and logic
What is a hypothesis?
200
Thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor.
What is Oceanic Crust?
200
The point under the surface of the Earth where plates fault.
What is Focus?
200
Light colored, thick lava found primarily in continental crust (explosive).
What is Felsic lava?
200
Rocks that form underground.
What is Intrusive?
300
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry (question) which CAN NOT be proven.
What is a theory?
300
A mountain chain formed due to seafloor spreading.
What is Mid-Ocean Ridge?
300
The amount of damage caused by an earthquake.
What is Mercalli Intensity?
300
A process where one plate moves underneath another, leads to the formation of volcanoes.
What is subduction?
300
Forms in layers.
What is Stratification?
400
The two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes highest in the northern and southern hemispheres (23.5 Degrees).
What is a Solstice?
400
Two tectonic plates move toward one another.
What is convergent boundary?
400
primary waves, first to arrive from an earthquake.
What are P waves?
400
Mafic lava which cools quickly and produces a jagged texture.
What is Aa?
400
The reflectivity of a mineral (metallic or non-metallic)
What is Luster?
500
The Earth's shape, slightly wider at the Equator due to rotation.
What is an oblate spheroid?
500
The movement of heat through the asthenosphere which causes plates above to move (what causes plate tectonics).
What is Convection current?
500
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur