The scientific method/Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
What is the study of the solid Earth
Geology
100
What is the rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top the asthenosphere
Lithosphere
100
what is faults are cracks which occur when plates move past each other.
Fault Zones
100
what is a cloud of ash and dust when a composite volcano erupts
Ash cloud
100
what is a smooth,shiny
Glassy
200
What is the study of everything outside of the earth
Astronomy
200
What is the molten material below the lithosphere which causes plates to move.
Asthenosphere
200
what is the nickname of the region bordering the pacific ocean where 80% of all earth quakes occur on earth
Ring of Fire
200
what is a tube where magma rises throught a volcanoe
condult
200
what is a rocks that form under ground
Intrusive
300
What is the study of the atmosphere
Meteorology
300
what is a superocean surrounding pangaea 200 million years ago
Panthalassa
300
what is the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of the earthquake
Epicenter
300
what is a layer of earth the volcano sits on
crust
300
what is fine crystals cant see them
aphantic
400
What is the study of earths oceans and water
Oceanology
400
what is a supercontinent when all Earth land was connected 200 million years ago.
Pangaea.
400
what is a Rayleigh waves and love waves cause the surface of the earth to shake and cause damage.
Surface waves
400
what is a opening where lava erupts onto the surface.
vent
400
what is squeezed together
compaction
500
what is solid dirt, rocks,sand
Crust
500
what is many of the earths continents fit together like a puzzle.
Shape of coastline.
500
what is a device used to record and measure selsmic waves
selsmograph
500
what is a hardened layers of lava that make up a volcano
Volcanic layers
500
what is forms in layers
stratification
M
e
n
u