INSIDE THE EARTH
HISTORY OF EARTH
PROCESSES
LANDFORMS/MAPPING
EARTHQUAKES
100
The molten rock material found under the Earth's crust
What is magma
100
a trace of an organism embedded and preserved in the Earth's crust
What is a fossil
100
the natural force of attraction, drawing objects toward the center of the earth
What is gravity
100
the distance North or South of the Earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian
What is latitude
100
the layer of the earth between the crust and the core
What is the mantle
200
The central portion of the Earth below the mantle
What is the core
200
a fracture of rock formation caused by shifting of the Earth's crust
What is a fault
200
material that settles to the bottom of a liquid
What is sediment
200
the distance on the Earth's surface measured East or West expressed in degrees
What is longitude
200
in the theory of tectonics, one of the sections of the Earth's lithosphere, constantly moving
What is a plate
300
the exterior portion of the earth
What is the crust
300
a huge mass of ice slowly flowing over a land mass
What is a glacier
300
a natural process by which material is worn away from the earth's surface
What is erosion
300
an opening in the Earth's crust through which molten lava, ash, and gases are ejected
What is volcano
300
the point of the Earth's surface directly above the focus of an Earthquake
What is the epicenter
400
the part of the total potential energy and kinetic energy of an object or sample of matter that results in the system temperature (heat)
What is thermal energy
400
a supercontinent that included all of the landmasses of earth before it broke apart
What is pangea
400
a chemical provess by which rocks exposed to the weather undergo changes in character and breakdown
What is weathering
400
the imaginary line that circles the Earth's surface equidistant from the poles and perpendicular to the Earth's axis
What is equator
400
the outermost layer of Earth's lithosphere that is found under the oceans and formed at oceanic ridges
What is oceanic crust
500
rock formed by the solidification of molten magma
What is igneous rock
500
the movement or formation of continents
What is continental drift
500
a deposit derived from living matter of a previous geologic time that's used for fuel, such as coal or petroleum
What are fossil fuels
500
the graphic representation of the surface features of a region on the map indicating relative positions and elevations
What is topography
500
the long narrow area in which subduction takes place
What is subduction zone
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