Continental Drift
Structure of the Earth
Plate Boundaries
Vocabulary
Misc.
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Who came up with the theory of Continental Drift?
Who is Alfred Wegner
100
Why layer of the Earth do humans, plants, and animals live on?
What is the crust
100
What is it called when two plates rub against each other?
What is a Transform Boundary
100
What is the thinnest and most cool layer of the Earth?
What is the Crust.
100
What was the continents called when they were all combined?
What is Pangaea
200
When India floated towards Asia during the Continental Drift is caused what?
What is The Himalayan Mountains.
200
What is the largest layer of the Earth
What is The Mantle
200
What are the two types of Convergent boundaries?
What is Collision and Subduction
200
What is a Rift Valley?
A long valley formed by the depressions in the Earth, that fill with rain water to form small lakes and seas.
200
What is the cause of most California earthquakes?
The cause for most California earthquakes is the Juan de Fuca plate rubbing up against the North American plate.
300
Why do Continents move?
What is a Convection Current.
300
What is the hottest and most dense layer of the Earth?
What is The Core
300
What is Volcanology?
What is the scientific study of Volcanoes
300
What is Magma?
Magma is hot fluid or semi fluid material below the earths crust.
300
How are geysers similar to volcanoes?
Both volcanoes and geysers explode with explosive force, but geysers shoot out boiling water.
400
The Continental Drift Theory was not accepted because of what?
Because it didn't explain how the Continents moved.
400
Why factors increase a you go deeper into the Earth?
What is Heat, and Density
400
What are caused at OC vs. OC plate boundaries? Give an Example.
What is Volcanic Islands. Ex: Japan, New Zealand.
400
(SURPRISE RANDOM QUESTION< YOU BEST GET READY THIS ONES TRICKY!) How is Earth's Magnetic field generated?
Earth's Magnetic field is generated by powerful electric currents that form as liquid in the outer core moves. These electrical currents form Earth's magnetic field.
400
What is the study of earthquakes called?
What is Siesmology
500
Which is thicker Oceanic or Continental Crust
Continental Crust is definitely thicker then Oceanic Crust, but Oceanic crust is much more dense.
500
Name all layers of the Earth! (In order)
Inner Core, Outer Core, Mesospheric, Asthenosphere, Lithoshpere
500
What is the Richter Scale?
What is a numerical scale for expressing the magnitude of an earthquake
500
Why did Scientist call the super continents, Pangaea?
Because Pangaea is a Greek root that translates to All Earth, or All World.
500
Which volcano (In the United States) Erupted so violently in the 1980's that it removed 1,300 ft off it's top?
What is Mount St. Helens
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