Volcano
What is a Volcano?
A mountain through which lave, rock,hot vapor, and gas erupt from the earth's crust
Define Acid/Base Reactions
The dissolving of rock minerals due to acids and bases present in water
Define inner core
The center of the earth-made up of solid metal
What are Earthquakes?
Shifting movement in the Lithosphere's tectonic plates that releases energy
Define Rock
A solid combination of minerals
What is a Composite Volcano?
Emits a stiff solidifying lava which forms high, steep-sided cones
What is Evaporation?
When Solar energy heats and changes water from liquid to gas vapor
What is Geology?
The study of the earth including its composition and structure
What are plate tectonics?
Theory that giant plate pieces of the earth's Lithosphere move about slowly on top of the atmosphere
Define Minerals
A natural inorganic solid with a crystal like structure and distinct chemical Characteristics
What are 3 different types of volcanoes?
Composite volcanoes, cinder volcanoes, and shield volcanoes
Name the different types of Climates
tropical, dry, temperate marine, temperate continental, highlands, an polar
Which chemical substances make up the Earths atmosphere?
Argon, carbon dioxide, neon, helium, krypton, xenon, nitrogen, and oxygen
What are 3 different plate boundaries?
Divergent, Convergent, and Transform
What is a Igneous Rock?
A rock that forms from magma and lava
What is a cinder volcano?
Cone volcanoes regularly throw out ash and build up flatter domes called cinder-cones
Name the different types of clouds
Stratus cloud, nimbostratus cloud, cumulus cloud, cumulonimbus cloud, and cirrus clouds
Define continental crust
Low density granite rocks that form the thick continental landmasses
What is the process of plate tectonics?
Mid-ocean ridge, sea-floor spreading, and Deduction of oceanic plates
What are the 6 characteristics of minerals
Crystal structure, density, color, hardness, luster, and fracture
What is a Shield Volcano?
Lava doesn't eject violently, but flows over the crater rim forming a broad low profile
Define Mechanical weathering
Physically breaks down of rocks into smaller pieces
Name the layers in order From inner layer to outer layer
Inner core, Outer core, mesosphere, Asthenosphere, Lithosphere, crust, Troposphere, stratosphere, mesosphere, thermosphere, exosphere
Who proposed the continental drift theory and what is it?
Alfred Wagner, Earth's were once joined together in a single super-continent, which then broke into pieces and moved apart
What is a Metamorphic Rock?
A rock formed by changes in temperature, pressure, and chemical reactions deep underground