Natural Phenomena
According to Tito Ted, natural phenomena are called _______ once they have negative impacts on people.
Natural Disasters
What is the white/gray stuff that billows out of a volcano?
volcanic ash
Which layer is the hottest layer of the earth?
inner core
What natural disaster is created by this boundary?
Earthquake
What do you call the weather conditions in an area over a long period of time?
Flood
lava
What is the coolest layer of the earth?
Crust
What way do divergent boundaries go?
apart or away from each other
What do we call a severe storm with lightning, thunder, heavy rain, and strong winds?
Thunderstorm
Where on earth, do most earthquakes occur?
This is the mouth of the volcano and it surrounds a volcanic vent
Crater
This gas is found in the stratosphere where it helps protect us from UV radiation.
Ozone
What do you call the supercontinent that incorporates almost all the landmasses of the earth, 299 million years ago?
Pangaea
What part of the water cycle involves water falling from the sky to the earth?
Precipitation
Tsunami
What do we call a person who studies volcanoes?
volcanologist / geologist
What is the thickest layer of the earth, and what is found here?
Mantle, magma
What is the largest tectonic plate?
The Pacific Plate
What part of the water cycle involves water vapor cooling and forming water droplets and eventually clouds?
Condensation
What is a prolonged lack or insufficiency of rain that results in an extreme water supply shortage?
Drought
After a volcano erupts, the lava cools. Later, more lava piles up on top of it. Eventually, the mound of lava rises out of the water. What is formed after that?
Volcanic Island
Name all the four spheres of the earth.
Biosphere, Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere
Name the three main types of plate boundaries.
Scientists now believe that the planet is heating up faster than in the past and our climates will change. This is called ____.
Global Warming