Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Rocks And Materials
Oceanography
Meteorolgy
Astronomy
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What are plate tectonics
movement of earth's crust plates
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What are Earthquakes?
Shaking and Trembling caused by the sudden release of energy mainly by plate tectonics.
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How much of the Earths is covered by Oceans?
72%
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What is an Asteroid?
Bits of rock that orbit the Sun.
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What is astonomy?
the study of the universe beyond the earth.
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who proposed this hypothesis?
Alfred Wegener
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Where do 80% of Earthquakes occur
The Ring of Fire
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What percent of water is Oceans?
97%
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Where can the Asteriod Belt be found?
Between Mars & Jupiter.
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What is the Big Bang Theory?
An explosion that propelled matter and energy in all directions.
300
What is the spreading of the continents called
Pangaea
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What is a Volcanio
A structure which moves magma onto the surface of the Earth.
300
The 3 major Oceans are what?
Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Ocean.
300
What type of Meteor enters Earths atmosphere?
A Meteor.
300
Biggest to smallest: Stars, Galaxies, Universe, Moons, Planets?
Universe, Galaxies, Stars, Planets, Moons.
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What are the two names of earth's crust?
Oceanic crust and continental crust
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What is Pyroclastic
Fragments made of hardend felsic lava.
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What is a Bathysibles?
diving vessel lowered on cables.
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What type of Meteor strikes the Earths suface?
A Metorite.
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What is different between a Universe and a Galaxy?
A Universe has all matter, energy, space, and time, when a Galaxy has a system of stars and other matter bound by gravity.
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What is it called when a plate moves under another?
Subduction Zone
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What is a Shield Volcanio
Gently slope with eruption of fluid low viscosity mafic lava through multiple vents.
500
What is SONAR?
Navigation and Ranging, its a sound wave goes to the bottom of ocean and bounces back up and measure the depth.
500
What 4 things is a Comet mainly made out of?
Rock, Dust, Gas, and Ice.
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What ar ethe planets in order?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
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