Features of the Earth
Location on Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
Not a perfect sphere, stretching at the middle
What is Oblate Spheroid
100
imaginary vertical and horizontal lines across the earth
What is Latitude and Longitude
100
the supper continent
What is Pangaea
100
stress, warping, snaps back into
What is Elastic Rebound Theory
100
consist of a vent, magma chamber, cone, pipe, and a crater
What is structure of a volcano
200
crust, mantle, outer layer, innercore
What is Internal Zones
200
mercator
What is Map Projections
200
continents spreading apart. created by Aflred Wegner
What is Continental Drift
200
1. single point where stress is released 2. this is directly above the focus
What is Focus and Epicenter
200
Cinder Cone, Composite, Shield
What is Types of volcanoes
300
spinning
What is Rotation
300
compares a map to the real thing
What is Map Scale
300
mid-ocean ridges/ divergent
What is Seafloor Spreading
300
1. primary and secondary waves 2. measures earthquakes
What is Seismic Waves and Seismographs
300
When two sections of earths crust collide
What is Subduction
400
Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
What is Seasons
400
contour lines or elevation
What is Topography
400
divergent, convergent, transform
What is Three types of Seafloor Spreading
400
measures energy of an earthquake (1-10)
What is Richter Magnitude
400
spots on the volcano that are hotter then the majority of the volcano
What is Hot Spots
500
orbit around the sun
What is Revolution
500
when the plates move away form each other
What is Divergent Boundary
500
measures damage of an earthquake (1-12)
What is Mercalli Intensity Scales
M
e
n
u