What is Many of the Earths continents fit together like a puzzle?
shape of coastlines
100
What is Faults are cracks which occur when plates move past each other?
fault zones
100
What is Any structure that brings magma from below the surface, erupting lava onto the surface?
volcano
100
what is it Rocks that form underground
Intrusive
200
What is the value that occurs the most is ?
mode
200
Who is A meteorologist who developed theory of continental drift. Theory supported after death. Used fossil evidence and pieced together continents such as South America and Africa ?
Alfred Wegener
200
what is the The nickname of the region bordering the Pacific Ocean where 80% of all earthquakes occur on Earth?
ring of fire
200
what is the Tube where magma rises through a volcano?
Conduit
200
what is the Gas Bubbles Leave Holes, Very Lightweight?
Vesicular
300
What is the study of the solid earth ?
geology
300
What is Plates are moving away from one another. Example: Seafloor Spreading forms mid-ocean ridges ?
divergent boundaries
300
What is As plates try to move past each other, they begin to bend as stress builds up. Eventually, the plates move past and the plates rebound back into shape causing an earthquake ?
Elastic Rebound Theory
300
What is the Hardened layers of lava that make up a volcano?
Volcanic Layers
300
what is it called when gluing Sediments Together happens?
Cementation
400
What is a conclusion tat is proven over and over again.?
law
400
What is the Oceanic crust subducts under the continental crust and forms trenches on the ocean floor and volcanoes on land. Ex: Pacific Ocean subducts under North America = Mt. St. Helens?
Continental-Oceanic Convergent Boundaries
400
what is the Rayleigh Waves and Love Waves cause the surface of the Earth to shake and cause damage?
surface waves
400
what is the Magma that rises from below the Earth’s plates in a location that is extremely hot?
Hot Spots
400
Made From a Collection of Smaller Rocks or Sand
Clastic
500
what is the earth's rotation
the earth's spins 24 hours
500
What is the rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top of the asthenosphere?
Lithosphere
500
what is A device used to record and measure seismic waves?
Seismograph
500
what is the Smallest particle
Volcanic Dust – S
500
what is the Color in Powdered Form, Some cannot streak?