Vocabulary
Earthquakes
Tsunamis & Volcanoes
Zones of Earth
Facts about Kelsey
100
What is the layer of rock that forms the outer shell at the top of Earth’s interior
The lithosphere.
100
Which is faster traveling P-waves or S-waves?
P-waves.
100
What is a tsunami and what makes it occur?
Large stars that crash into the ground cause big waves.
100
The continental crust is thicker.
Is the continental crust thicker or thinner then the oceanic crust?
100
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On a scale 1-10 how cute is Kelsey?
200
What is the upper portion of the lithosphere
Earth's crust.
200
What can P-waves travel through?
Solid, liquid and gasses.
200
Is a volcano formed by intrusive or extrusive igneous rock?
Extrusive igneous rock.
200
It's a solid from all of the pressure being pushed on it.
Is the inner core solid or liquid?
200
She likes pinapples, pears are nasty.
Does Kelsey like pinapples or does she seem to prefer pears?
300
What is the concept that sedimentary rocks and some extrusive igneous rocks, such as lava flows, form in horizontal layers parallel to Earth’s surface
Original horizontality.
300
How do you find the location of an epicenter?
By using at least three seismograph locations and finding where they all intersect.
300
What is one serious problem that can occur when a volcano is done exploding? (hint - the ash in the air)
The volcanic ash can block insolation and cooling Earth’s surface, potentially putting us into another ice age.
300
The outer core.
What can S-waves not travel through?
300
Yes she does.
Does Kelsey vibrate when she chuckles?
400
Strata or beds. What are the layers of sedimentary rocks called?
Strata or beds.
400
How are most earthquakes caused?
By the movement along faults.
400
What does a volcanic eruption give off to Earth's surface?
Gives off gasses, lava and lava rock.
400
Earth is composed of crust, mantle, Moho, outer core and inner core.
Name the different zones of Earth that it is composed of.
400
Julia because they have much more squishy partss (;
If Kelsey had to eat one animal alive would it be a horse or a Julia?
500
What are P-waves?
They cause the particles they travel through to vibrate in the direction the waves are moving.
500
What scientific instrument measures earthquake waves?
Seismograph.
500
Intrusive rocks are formed when...
Magma stays within the lithosphere.
500
The lithosphere.
What is the whole crust and uppermost portion of the mantle called?
500
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