The Scientific Method/ Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
What is a conclusion which has been drawn using substantial proof?
Hypothesis
100
The Theory of Continental Drift was proposed by who?
Alfred Wegener
100
What regions do Earthquakes cost the least damage?
Bedrock
100
How are most volcanoes formed?
Subduction
100
Most sinkholes happen because pockets of what dissolve.
Limestone
200
What is an imaginary line that runs horizontally across the Earth and measures North or South of the equator?
Latitude
200
How many years ago did the super-continent separate?
200 million years ago
200
What magnitude do most earthquakes strike? 8.0 2.1 5.9 3.4
2.1
200
What region do most volcanoes form?
The Ring of Fire
200
What is the hardest known mineral?
Diamond
300
Which layer of the Earth is made of mostly solid metals?
Outer core
300
What is it called when the formation of new seafloors move outward over old seafloors?
Seafloor Spreading
300
What are the waves called that are created by an Earthquake?
Seismic Waves
300
What is the most explosive volcano?
Composite Volcano or Stratovolcano
300
Minerals that break along smooth, flat surfaces is?
Cleavage
400
What is a conclusion which has been drawn using observation and repeated testing, but lacks substantial proof?
Theory
400
Which ocean is spreading due to Seafloor Spreading?
Atlantic Ocean
400
What is it called where the direct location of an Earthquake happened?
Epicenter
400
What is the least explosive volcano?
Shield Volcano
400
The two most common resources in Pennsylvania are?
Coal and natural gas.
500
What is it called when the Earth is orbiting around the Sun?
Revolution
500
Continental Crust is _______ and ________ then Oceanic Crust. Thicker, less dense Thinner, more dense Thicker, more dense Thinner, less dense
Thicker, less dense
500
Most Earthquakes are caused by?
Plate Movement
500
What is the shortest and steepest volcano?
Cinder Cone Volcano
500
What is the easiest features in a mineral to spot but it isn't the best way to observe a mineral?
Color
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