Intro/Features/
Location
Plate Tectonics
Earth Quakes
Volcanos
Minerals
100
The imaginary line in which the Earth Spins upon
What is the axis
100
Thin,dense crust found on the see floor
What is Oceanic Crust
100
The point under the surface of the Earth where plates fault
What is The focus
100
Magma which erupts onto the earth's surface and begins to cool
What is Lava
100
Characteristics of having regular geometric shapes
What is Crystal
200
The study of solid Earth
What is Geology
200
The theory that the Earth's continents have drifted apart through time
What is Continental Drift
200
Small earthquakes causes from the readjustment of the plates after a major earthquake
What is Aftershocks
200
Any structure which moves magma t othe earth's surface
What is Volcano
200
The color of a mineral in powdered form
What is Streak
300
Imaginary lines which run vertically (North to South) across the earth to distinguish location on the earth Hint: two part question
What is meridians/longitude
300
The crust and uppermost mantel
What is the Lithosphere
300
Regions where plates under stress move apart
What is Fault zone
300
dark colored, thin lava found primarily in oceanic crust
What is Mafic lava
300
Minerals containing silicon and oxygen
What is Silicate Minerals
400
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry which can be proven
What is Scientific Law
400
Where two plates move apart from each other
What is teh Divergent Boundary
400
The waves that arrive first from an earthquake
What is Primary waves
400
Felsic lava that is ejected in solid fragments of rock
What is Pyroclasts
400
Scale which runs softest to hardest
What is Mohs Hardness Scale
500
The date in which the Earth is the closest to the sun during its orbit
What is Perihelion
500
The movement of heat through the athenosphere which causes plates above to move
What is Convention Current
500
The amount of damage caused by an earthquake
What is Intensity
500
A feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
What is Caldera
500
Ability of a mineral to glow or change color under a UV light
What is Fluorecence
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