The Human Eye
Earthquake
Plate tectonic
The Human Ear
Intense questions
100
the colored part of the eye
What is the Iris
100
A break in the rock of the Earth's crust along which rocks move
What is a fault
100
The three main layers of the Earth in order of out to in
What are the Crust Mantle and Core
100
The external Ear
What is the Pinna
100
The anatomical name of the Eardrum
What is the Tympanic Membrane
200
receptor cells that help detect shape and movement and adapts for vision in dim light
What are Rods
200
These carry energy from an eathquake away from the focus through Earth's interior across the surface
What are seismic waves
200
The Earth's core is made mostly of these two elements
What are iron and nickel
200
Where the Ear Drum is located
What is the Middle ear
200
The main cranial nerve ( brain nerve ) needed for vision
What is the Optic Nerve
300
this structure is the white of the eyes and is located in the outer layer of the eye
What is the sclera
300
large waves formed when water is displaced by an earthquake
What is Tsunami
300
This is the transfer of energy through space
What is Radiation
300
Three bones of the middle ear
What are the Malleus , incus and Stapes
300
The Cranial nerve most important for hearing and balance
What is the vestibularcochlear nerve
400
This liquidy area is between the lens and cornea
What is the Aqueous humor
400
The process by which an earthquake's violent movement suddenly turns loose soil intor liquid mud
What is liquefaction
400
Mapped out by Scientist in the mid 1900's using sonar devices, these areas curve along the sea floor and extend into all of Earth's oceans.
What are Mid-Ocean ridges
400
its function is to sense movment and change of position
What is the semicircular canals
400
Maximum number of electrons in the first 3 energy levels of the electron cloud
What is 28 ( 2+8+18)
500
The largest space in the eye is filled with this liquid that plays a role in visual adjustment
What is the Vitreous Humor
500
The 3 most common methods of measuring earthquakes
What are the Mercalli Scale, the Richter Scale and the Moment Magnitude Scale
500
Process that tkes tens of millions of years for the ocean floor to sink back into the mantle at the deep ocean trenches
What is Subduction
500
the two systems the Ear is a part of
What are the Auditory and Vestibular systems
500
This tar like layer of the Earth's Mantle can bend like plastic- its root word in latin means " weak"
What is the Asthenosphere
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