NEW LITHOSPHERE FORMING AS MAGMA RISES AT THE MID-OCEAN RIDGE
SEA FLOOR SPREADING
100
TYPE OF MOVEMENT WHERE OCEANIC PLATES ARE MOVING APART AND THE LANDFORM THAT FORMS
DIVERGENT BOUNDARY
MID-OCEAN RIDGE
100
A BODY WAVE, PRIMARY WAVE AND FASTEST WAVE IN AN EARTHQUAKE ARE __________ WAVES AND A BODY WAVE, SECONDARY WAVE, 2ND FASTEST AND ONLY GOES THROUGH SOLIDS ARE __________ WAVES
P WAVE AND S WAVE
100
THE 2 THINGS SCIENTISTS LEARN BY STUDYING EARTHQUAKES
STRENGTH AND LOCATION
200
A HYPOTHESIS THAT STATES CONTINENT MOVE AND WERE ONCE PART OF ONE BIG LANDMASS, CONFIRMED BY SEA FLOOR SPREADING
CONTINENTAL DRIFT
200
TYPE OF PLATE MOVEMENT WHERE CONTINENTAL CRUST ARE SLIDING PAST EACH OTHER AND THE LANDFORM/FEATURE IT FORMS IS A _______________.
TRANSFORM BOUNDARY
FAULTS
200
LOVE AND RAYLEIGH WAVES
SURFACE WAVES
200
TYPE OF ERUPTION THAT IS FELSIC WITH PYROCLASTIC MATERIAL IS ___________.
TYPE OF ERUPTION THAT IS MAFIC WITH LAVA FLOW IS ______________.
EXPLOSIVE
NON-EXPLOSIVE
200
WHERE MOST EARTHQUAKES OCCUR AND WHY
CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES (AT OR NEAR PLATE BOUNDARIES) AND ROCKS UNDER STRESS
300
THE THEORY THAT EXPLAINS WHY AND HOW CONTINENTS MOVE
THEORY OF PLATE TECTONICS
300
TYPE OF MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED WITH ISLAND ARCS, TRENCHES AND VOLCANOES, AND MOUNTAINS
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
300
SCIENTIST USE THIS TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCE TO THE EPICENTER OF AN EARTHQUAKE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE P WAVE ARRIVAL AND THE S WAVE ARRIVAL (LAG TIME)
300
3 CHARACTERISTICS OF FELSIC
LIGHT COLOR, SILICA (TRAPPED GAS), FELDSPAR
300
VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE AREA FAR FROM A TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY
HOT SPOT
400
AN UNDERSEA MOUNTAIN RANGE AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY AND THE CRACK IN THE MIDDLE
MID-OCEAN RIDGE AND RIFT
400
TYPE OF CRUST THAT IS DENSER, THINNER, MAFIC AND YOUNGER
OCEANIC CRUST
400
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MERCALLI SCALE AND THE RICHTER SCALE AND WHAT THEY MEASURE
MERCALLI-INTENSITY
RICHTER-STRENGTH
400
A LARGE VOLCANIC MOUNTAIN WITH QUIET AND EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS IS A __________ VOLCANO.
A BROAD BASE, GRADUAL SLOPE, LAYERS OF LAVA AND QUIET ERUPTIONS IS A __________ VOLCANO.
A STEEP SLOPE WITH PYROCLASTIC MATERIALS AND EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS IS A ____________ VOLCANO.
COMPOSITE
SHIELD
CINDER CONE
400
IF A NEW HAWAIIAN ISLAND FORMS IT WILL FORM ____________ AWAY FROM HOT SPOT BECAUSE ________ MOVE BUT NOT THE HOT SPOT.
FURTHEST
PLATES
500
4 OF THE 5 PIECES OF EVIDENCE THAT SUPPORT THE THEORY OF CONTINENTAL DRIFT
FOSSILS FROM ONE CONTINENT MATCH CONTINENT ACROSS THE OCEAN
ROCK FORMATION FROM ONE CONTINENT MATCH CONTINENT ACROSS THE OCEAN
MID-OCEAN RIDGES
SEA FLOOR SPREADING
PALEOMAGNETISM
500
MATCH:
CONVERGENT SAN ANDREAS FAULT
DIVERGENT MID-OCEAN RIDGE
TRANSFORM JAPAN, HIMALAYANS,
MARIANA TRENCH
CONVERGENT-JAPAN, MARIANA TRENCH, HIMALAYANS
DIVERGENT-MID-OCEAN RIDGE
TRANSFORM-SAN ANDREAS FAULT
500
EARTH'S INTERIOR CHANGE HOW A BODY WAVES TRAVELS BECAUSE IT CHANGES ____________ AND __________. S WAVES DO NOT TRAVEL THOUGH THE ___________ OF EARTH.
SPEED, DIRECTION, CORE/INTERIOR
500
THE THING THAT IN MAGMA THAT CAUSES EXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS BECAUSE IT TRAPS GASES.
WATER
500
TECTONIC SETTINGS AND MOVEMENT WHERE VOLCANOES FORM
DIVERGENT-MID-OCEAN RIDGE
CONVERGENT-SUBDUCTION
AWAY FROM PLATE BOUNDARIES/MIDDLE OF A CONTINENT-HOT SPOT