Earth's Layers
What is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere?
Troposphere
Which type of crust is the most dense?
oceanic
When two plates separate from each other, what type of boundary is this?
divergent
This principle says we can use fossil evidence to help us date rock layers.
faunal succession
Name three colleges in the Des Moines metro area
Drake, Grandview, DMACC, Faith Baptist Bible College
The upper mantle and crust have another common name....which is....
Lithosphere
Plate tectonics is driven by...
mantle convection
When two plate collide what type of boundary is this?
convergent
The principle of superposition is....
the idea that older layers are below younger layers.
Who won the NCAA basketball championship in 2008?
Kansas..........
Another name for the mantle
Asthenosphere
The thinnest layer of the Earth is the...
crust
When earthquakes occur due to plates grinding against each other, this type of boundary is...
transform
The principle of horizontality works only with this type of rock...
sedimentary
What was the last year that Iowa State made the NCAA sweet 16?
2015-16 (lost to Virginia)
The state of matter for the inner core is...
solid
The mid-atlantic ridge has formed at what type of boundary?
divergent
What plate do we live on?
North American Plate
When a metamorphic rock lies on the same level on another form of rock what principle/idea take precedent?
The metamorphic rock is older
What two other science classes does Mr. Dose teach at North Polk?
Physical Science 2 and Environmental Science
The state of matter for the outer core is...
Liquid
What is subduction?
When a dense oceanic plate is pushed underneath continental crust.
Just to the west of South America lies what plate?
Nazca Plate
What is the principle of inclusion?
The inclusion (chunk of rock) is always older than the layers it is in.
What are the mascots of Grandview University and Drake University?
Vikings and Bulldogs