Geologic Time
The longest time found on the geologic time scale
What is an Eon.
Study of elevation
What is topography
The densest Layer
What is the inner core
The point of origin, found deep within the crust
What is the focus
The three types of volcanoes
Paleozoic, Cenozoic, and Mesozoic.
What are Eras
lines representing equal points of elevation
What are contour lines
Two types of crust
What is the continental & oceanic
The method for finding the epicenter of an earthquake
What is triangulation of 3 different seismographs stations
Where volcanoes get their magma from within the mantle
What is a magma plume or chamber
When we saw the first mammals and flying reptiles
What is the Triassic
The slope when contour lines are really close together
The boundary between the crust & the mantle
what is the mohorovicic discontinuity
The wave that arrives at the seismograph station first
What is the P wave
The straw like feature leading that magma to the surface.
What is the Vent
When modern humans were first seen.
What is the Pleistocene
What the lines are counting by with increasing elevation.
What is a contour interval
The two sub layers within the crust & upper mantle
What is the lithosphere & asthenosphere
Measures the strength of the Earthquake
The Moment Magnitude Scale
How volcanoes are classified
What is their silica content
The animal during the Ordovician.
What is the first primitive fish
Found between two lines, with a elevation being something like 161-179.
What is a range.
the feature that shows up when oceanic crust meets continental crust.
What is a subduction zone
Feature found with an Earthquake
What could be: Tsunami or Fault
What is Pahoehoe Lava