Diving Deep
What scientists use to map the ocean floor.
Sonar
Weather over a long period of time in a region.
Climate
What theory did Alfred Wegener propose for why the continents move.
Continental Drift
A fracture in the Earth crust where movement can occur
Fault
Below ground lava is known as _____.
Magma
The deepest part on Earth.
(Ocean) Trench / Marina Trench
Seasonal changes occur because of...
Earth's Tilt
A plate boundary where the plates are moving away from each other
Divergent
The location of an Earthquake at the source.
Focus
Liquid turning into a gas, due to the addition of heat
Evaporation
The gently sloping submerged surface extending from the shoreline.
Continental Shelf
The gas that has the most impact on Greenhouse Effect
Carbon Dioxide
A divergent boundary at two oceanic plates can result in this landform.
Underwater Mountain Chain/
Mid Ocean Ridge
This tool is used to measure earthquakes.
Seismograph
Feeling warmth from the sun is a what type of heat transfer?
Radiation
The vertical distance between a trough and a crest of a wave.
Wave Height
A violent windstorm that forms a rotating column of air called a vortex.
Tornado
A plate boundary where the plates are sliding horizontally across each other
Transform Boundary
The area where a volcano forms in the middle of a plate.
Hot Spot
Heat transfer based on touch
Conduction
Energy moves through waves in this directional movement.
Circular
The layer of the atmosphere where most weather occurs.
troposphere
When a more dense oceanic plate goes underneath a less dense continental plate
Subduction Zone
A volcano with the potential to have the most dangerous eruptions.
Stratovolcano
The movement of fluids in a circuit
Convection