Earth's Layers
What is the layer of Earth that we also know as tectonic plates?
Lithosphere
What is happening during continental drift?
The continents drift...
What are the 3 major types of plate boundary interactions?
Converging, Diverging, and Transform
What does low viscosity mean?
and-very "flowie"
-not so "flowie"
This is the name for all waves that are released during an earthquake
Seismic waves
What layer of Earth is the only layer that is not solid?
Outer Core
Who was the geologist who proposed the idea of continental drift (need the last name at minimum)
Alfred Wegner
Diverging Continental-Continental --> Rift Valley
Diverging Oceanic-Oceanic --> Mid-ocean ridge
What are the names for all 3 types of volcanoes
-Cinder cone
-Shield
-Composite cone
What type of plate boundary creates an earthquake
Transform
What are the names of all 4 of Earth's spheres?
-Hydrosphere
-Atmosphere
-Geosphere
-Biosphere
What is one piece of evidence that supports the theory of continental drift?
-Mountains on different continents line up
-Fossil records/same fossils line up when put back together
Which features are created in a converging continental-continental boundary
Mountains
Does low viscosity lava create an explosive eruption. Explain your answer
No. It flows very easily and thus it "bubbles up and runs over the side"
What are the names of the 3 main seismic waves produced from an earthquake?
What happens in the Earth's mantle that is responsible for moving the tectonic plates?
Which of the following landforms is not typically found at a costal location (must have all for credit).
A) Mountains B) Plateau C) Plains D) Coastlines
E) Dunes F) Rivers G) Deltas
A) Mountains & B) Plateau
Which features are created in a converging oceanic-oceanic boundary
AND
Does a converging oceanic-oceanic boundary create or destroy crust at it's subduction site
-Trench and Volcano/volcanic island
-Destroys
Does high viscosity lava create an explosive eruption. Explain your answer
Yes. It traps a lot of gas and pressure builds up.
Of the 3 main types of waves that are produced from an earthquake, which wave is a compression wave?
P wave
What is a fancy name for the frozen part of the hydrosphere?
Cryosphere
What was Alfred missing to "prove" that the continents were drifting over time?
The mechanism of movement / the thing that was making them move.
Which plate boundary is occurring on the other side of an ocean plate that is converging in on a continental plate AND which feature is produced here.
-diverging oceanic-oceanic
-Mid-ocean ridge
What is the name of highly viscous lava
Aa
List the 3 major seismic waves in order from slowest to fastest.
Slowest: Surface waves
Medium: S Waves
Fastest: P waves