Vocab Words
What is the meaning of the root word 'Seismo'?
Earthquake or related to earthquakes
What is the thinnest layer of the Earth?
The crust
How many MAJOR tectonic plates do we have on Earth?
7
Describe the motion of convergent plates and one thing that they can form.
This type of volcano has a gentle slope and quiet eruptions:
Shield volcano
What does the 'Di' part of Divergent mean?
Two things
This layer consists of the crust and upper mantle, and has plates floating on it.
Lithosphere
What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics?
Describe the motion of Divergent plates. What is one thing they can form?
Two plates moving away from each other. They can form trenches and ridges
This type of volcano has loud eruptions, and looks like a cone
Cinder cone volcano
Using the root word Epi, what do you think Epicenter means when talking about an earthquake?
Epi = near, over or at; Epicenter = where an earthquake starts
In what state of matter do we find the mantle?
Semi-Solid
What was the name of the MOST RECENT super continent?
Pangea
Describe the motion of transform boundaries, and what they primarily form:
Slide past each other; create Earthquakes
This type of volcano can have loud or quiet eruptions, is also know as a stratovolcano
Composite volcano
What does the root 'Sub' mean in the word Subduct?
Underneath
The state of matter of the inner core of the earth is ________ and is made of ________ and _________
Solid, Iron, Nickel
How can we tell plates are still moving to this day?
Yearly measurements that show a few cm of movement every year
Oceanic plate subducts because it is more dense
What type of chamber tends to be deep below the surface at the start of the volcano?
Magma Chamber
What does the word 'Therm' mean? Provide an example using the root as part of a word in a sentence
A unit of heat; THERMAL energy, imaging, etc.
What is convection? Describe how it works, and what it does for plate tectonics.
Flowing of energy from hot to cold that drives plate movement
List THREE pieces of evidence to support the theory of plate tectonics
Fossil records - same fossils on different continents
Glacial records - glaciers scratch in areas that don't have glaciers anymore
Puzzle pieces - the continents fit together like a puzzle
Rock and Coal records - same reasoning as glacier
Which ocean is more tectonically active: the Atlantic or the Pacific? Provide one example of what forms in the more active ocean.
Pacific; volcanoes, earthquakes, trenches, ridges
What type of volcano was Mount Vesuvius? What city did this volcano completely wipe out
composite volcano; wiped out Pompeii