Inner Earth
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
100
The deeper you go into the Earth; the more ___________ and ____________ increase
What is pressure and temperature
100
What was the supercontinent the Wegener based his theory on
What is Pangea
100
Sea floor spreading and ridges occur at what type of boundary and at what type of crust?
What is divergent boundary; oceanic crust
100
What is a lehar
What is mudslides that carry debris from an eruption; water comes from the volcano
100
What do you call the orgin point of an earthquake
What is Focus
200
What is the inner core made of?
What is Nickel and Iron
200
What are the two types of earth crust
What is continental and oceanic
200
Rift valleys are formed at what boundary
What is continental divergent
200
What is tephra
What is Magma that is blasted out of the volcanoe and cools and breaks apart.
200
Most earthquakes in California are caused by what fault line
What is San Andreas
300
What layer of Earth has the most pressure
What is inner core
300
What was the evidence Wegener used to support his theory (4)
What is Rock compositon and types, fossil record, climate, shorelines
300
Describe transform boundary
What is grind/slide past each other; earthquakes occur
300
What type of volcano is most dangerous to humans
What is compostie/stratovolcano
300
What do you call the location on the earth surface that is above the focus
What is epicenter
400
What layer of inner earth is completely liquid
What is outer core
400
Why did other scientists refute Wegeners theory of continental drift
What is he could not give them an explanation as to how the continents drifted
400
Where is oceanic crust destroyed
What is a trench along a convergent boundary
400
List the 4 types of volcanoes
What is caldera, composite/strato, cinder cone, shield
400
Compare P and S waves in terms of speed and what materials they can travel through
What is P is faster and travels through solids and liquids S is slow and travels through solids only
500
What layer(s) of earth make the lithospher
What is crust and upper mantle
500
What is the current theory to explain the movement of continents
What is Plate tectonics
500
What determines which plate will be subducted
What is density. Oceanic plate will be subducted under continental. Older oceanic will be subducted under younger oceanic
500
What are the three locations you can find volacanoes
What is subduction zones (convergent); rift zones (divergent); hot spots
500
How many seismic centers do you need in order to get an accurate location for an epicenter
What is 3
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