A hypothesis format should be written as _________
What is if, then, because
100
Two terms that are used to describe the land of the earth
What is lithosphere and geosphere
100
This type of boundary is where plates move away from each other.
What is divergent
100
liquid rock UNDER the surface of the Earth
What is magma
100
Where one plate slides underneath another plate
What is subduction
200
Observation or inference: The weather is cold today.
What is an inference
200
All the ice of the Earth
What is cryosphere
200
The type of boundary that produces the most earthquakes.
What are transform boundaries
200
This explains older layers being on the bottom and younger layers being the top.
What is Law of Superposition
200
The type of boundary where 2 plates are moving towards each other.
What is convergent boundaries
300
The name of the scientist who came up with the theory of continental drift.
What is Alfred Wegner
300
The 2 types of crust.
What is oceanic and continental crust
300
This process happens at mid-ocean ridges.
What is sea-floor spreading
300
A mineral that is dull, non-metallic, and does not reflected light is considered as having
What is low-luster
300
The layer of Earth that lithospheric plates float upon.
What is the asthenosphere
400
This famous structure is made of Marble and Quartzite and is located in Italy
What is Tower of Pisa
400
The large landmass in Earth's past where all the continents were joined together.
What is Pangea
400
The first seismic wave to arrive in an earthquake.
What is a P-wave
400
This test show the true color of a mineral
What is streak
400
The process where sediments become "glued" together
What is cementation
500
This popular metamorphic rock is formed from limestone(a sedimentary rock). Hint: it is often used for home decor.
What is marble
500
The layer of the Earth with the most density.
What is inner core
500
These are the currents of flowing rock within the mantle that move Earth's plates.
What are convection currents
500
The name of the hardness scale
What is Moh's Hardness Scale
500
metamorphic rocks formed within the Earth's interior under extremely high pressures that are unequal, occurring when the pressure is greater in one direction than in the others (directed pressure)