Intro/ Features/ Location
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
The Study Of the Solid Earth
What is Geology?
100
the proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago
What is Pangea
100
The straightening of plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves
What is The Elastic Rebound Theory
100
magma which erupts onto the earth's surface and begins to cool
What is Lava
100
Non- Living, a must for all substances to be minerals
What is Inorganic
200
The Study of the Universe Beyond Earth
What is Astronomy?
200
the diverging of oceanic crust and forming of new seafloor
What is Seafloor Spreading
200
What are P waves?
primary waves, or the first waves to arive from an earthquake.
200
a feature produced when the vent of a volcano is blown apart during eruption
What is a Crater
200
Measure of the ability of a mineral to be scratched
What is Hardness
300
The solid iron innermost layer of the Earth (very hot, but solid due to pressure.)
Inner Core.
300
Region where one plate moves underneath another
What is a Subduction Zone
300
The measurement of energy in seismic waves
What is Magnitude
300
What Is a Volcanic Bomb?
pyroclasts which are the sixe of a tennis ball or larger
300
Characteristics of having regular geometric shapes
What is a Crystal
400
What Is Scientific Law?
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry (Question) which CAN be provem?
400
The crust and uppermost mantle? ( a solid, rigid layer)
What is the Lithosphere
400
small earthquakes causes from the readjustment of plates after a major earthquake
What is Aftershocks
400
Thinnest of all pyroclasts
What is Volcanic Ash
400
What is Fluorescence?
What is the ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light
500
What Is Cartography?
The study of maps
500
The semi-liquid lower mantle which convection currents run through and move the plates above
What is the Asthenosphere
500
What is an Epicenter?
the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus
500
Mafic Lava which cools quickly and produces a ropy texture
What is Aa
500
When a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surfaces
What is Cleavage
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