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Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
What are the layers of the earth
100
The theory that the earths continents have drifted apart through time
What is continental drift
100
secondary waves, second waves to arrive from an earthquake
What is S waves
100
large, wide, short volcanoes which produce runny mafic lava
What is shield valcano
100
minerals containing silicon and oxygen (80% of all minerals)
What is silicate minerals
200
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry (question) which CAN'T be proven
What is theory
200
deep feature that forms at a subduction zone
What is ocean trench
200
primary waves first waves ti arrive from an earthquake
What is P waves
200
light colored, thick lava found primarily in continental crust (explosive)
What is felsic lava
200
the color of a mineral in powdered form
What is streak
300
Imaginary lines which run horizontally (East to West) across the earth to distinguish lacation on earth
What are parallels
300
where two plates move apart from one another
What is divergent boundry
300
small earthquakes causes from teh readjustment of plates after a major earthquake
What is aftershocks
300
molten rock found under the surface of the earth
what is magma
300
when a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surface
What is cleavage
400
The two dates per year which direcet sunlight strikes highest in the northern and southern hemisphere.
What is solstice
400
The crust and uppermost mantle ( a solid, rigid layer)
What is lithosphere
400
a region surrounding the Pacific Ocean
What is ring of fire
400
regions underneath lithosperic plates which are abnomally hot and can cause volcanism in those regions
What is hot spots
400
1-10, softness - hardness
What is mohs hardness scale
500
Imaginary lines which run vertically (North to South) across the earth to distinguish location on earth.
What is meridians
500
a chain of volcanic islands that forms at a subduction zone
What is island arc
500
the straightening of plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves
What is elastic rebound theory
500
a feature produced when the vent of a volcano is blow apart during eruption
What is crater
500
ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light
What is flourescence
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