Intro/features/ location
plate tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
minerals
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what is the difference between theory vs. law?
Theory is supported by experimention and observation. Law is a rule that correctly describes a natural Phenomenom
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What was Pangaea?
Pangaea was when all the contients were together as one big contient.
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What is the ring of fire?
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
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what is magma?
molten rock found under the surface of the earth.
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what is a crystal?
characterisitic of having regular geometric shapes.
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These four branches make up earth science.
Geology, Oceanography, Meterology, Astromomy
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Whats the theory of Continental drift?
That all the contients moved to make different continents and will one day come back together.
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What is the Epicenter?
The point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus
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what are the 3 types of volcano?
shield, composite, cinder cone
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how do you identify minerals?
testing color, streak, hardness,
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Whats a Hypothosis?
A possible explanation or solution to the problem.
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What are the crust types?
Oceantic, and continental crust
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What is Fault Zones?
Regions where plates under stress move apart.
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what is mafic lava?
dark colored, thin lava found primarily in oceanic crust
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what are the properties of minerals?
solid, inorganic, occur naturallly
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How many time zones are in the whole world?
There is 24 time zones in the whole world.
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What is convection Current?
The movement of heat through the asthenosphere which causes plates about to move
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What is Magnitude?
The measurment of energy in seismic waves.
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describe a shield volcano?
its large, wide short, volcano which produces runny lava
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what is non-silicate minerals?
minerals which do not contain both silicon and oxygen
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What is the exact steps in the scientific method in order?
State the problem Gather information form a hypothosis test the hypothosis state a conclusion
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What is Athenosphere?
The semi-liquid lower mantle which convection currents run through and move the plates above
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What is focus?
the point under the surface of the earth where plates fault.
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what is caldera?
a feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
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what is inorganic?
non-living, a must for all substances to be minerals
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