Introduction/Features/ Location
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
what are the four layers of the earth?
What is crust, mantle, outter, inner core
100
what is pangaea?
What is the proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago
100
what is am aftershock
What is small earthquakes causes from the readjustment of plates after a major earthquake
100
what is magma?
What is molten rock found under the surface of the earth
100
what is crystal
What is characteristics of having regular geometric shapes
200
what is the earths exact shape?
What is oblate spheroid
200
what is the continental drift?
What is the theory that eaths continents have drifted apart through time
200
what is the focus?
What is the point under the surface of the earth where plates fault
200
what is the vent?
What is the opening which magma erupts onto the surface
200
what is luster?
What is the relfectivity of a mineral ( metallic or non-matallic )
300
whats the difference between theory and scientific law?
What is theory cant be proven, scientific law can
300
whats is the continental crust?
What is thin, light crust found on land
300
what is a tsunami?
What is a massive wave created from an earthquake on the ocean floor
300
what is pahoeoe?
What is mafic lava which cools slowly and produces a ropy texture
300
what is cleavage
What is when a mineral breaks along a smooth, flat surfaces
400
what are geomagnetic poles?
What is the two points on the earth where the magnetic fields meet
400
what is the island arc?
What is a chain of volcanic islands that forms at the subduction zone
400
what is the epicenter
What is the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus
400
what is Aa?
What is mafic lava which cools quickly and produces a jagged texture
400
what is hardness?
What is measure of the ability of a mineral to be scratched
500
what is equinox
What is the two dates per year which direct sunlight strikes the equator
500
what is the ocean trench
What is deep feature that forms at a subduction zone
500
whats the difference between p waves and s waves?
What is p waves are first, s waves are second
500
what is a caldera?
What is a feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
500
what is fluorescence
What is ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light
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