The scientist whose ideas led to the theory of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
100
Layer of the Earth (remember the song).
(inner most to outer most layer)
What is the inner core, outer core, mantle and crust?
100
Small rocky, icy objects which form a tail as it orbits the sun.
What is a comet?
100
One trip around the Sun.
What is revolution?
200
Intrusive Igneous rock is formed…
What is INSIDE the earth?
200
When two plates come together and one tectonic plate slides under another.
What is subduction?
200
A protective layer of Earth’s atmosphere located in the stratosphere.
What is ozone or ozone layer?
200
Small rocky bodies which orbit the Sun. These are located between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.
What are asteroids?
200
Earth spinning on its axis causes _________________________________.
What is day and night?
300
The process by which a liquid changes to a gas.
What is evaporation?
300
One piece of evidence of the Theory of Continental Drift.
What is the shape of the continents?
What are glacial scarring?
What are coal deposits?
What are mesosaurus fossils?
300
Picture
Atmospheric pressure is the greatest in __________layer.
What is the troposphere?
300
Earth’s natural satellite.
What is our moon?
300
The rise and fall of oceanic waters as a result of gravitational forces.
What are tides?
400
Has no definite shape and no definite volume.
What is a gas?
400
Volcanoes, earthquakes, geysers and mountains occur along these…
What are plate boundaries?
400
The greatest temperature range in the atmosphere is…
What is the thermosphere?
400
Small rocky particle which enters Earth’s atmosphere and produces a streak of light sometimes called a shooting star. Choose: meteorite, meteoroid, meteor.
What is a meteor?
400
The season with the most direct sunlight.
What is summer?
500
The process of moving sediments aided by runoff in the water cycle.
What is erosion?
500
This kind of heat transfer is responsible for plate boundary movement.
What is convection/convection currents?
500
Once rock matter is used to create rock (igneous, metamorphic, sedimentary), it will never be reused T or F.