Volcanoes
Hurricanes
Vocabulary
Plate Tections
Astronomy
100
pyroclastic flow and lahar.
What is the types of volcanic flows
100
the eye
What is the center of the hurricane
100
the continents broke apart and drifted to their present locations
What is continental drift
100
a long crack in a lithospheric plate formed by hot mantle pushing up from below.
What is rifting
100
spring and neap
What is tides
200
an opening in the Earth's surface through which molten rock flows
What is a vent
200
changes in low and high pressure systems and warm water
What is the major cause of hurricane formation
200
a long narrow, elongated depression of the deep sea floor
What is a trench
200
-continents fit together like puzzle peices -correlating rock types -sea floor spreading -satellites
What is Wegner's evidence that supports continental drift
200
Precession, Obliquity, Eccentricity
What is POE
300
most magma forms
What is the asthenosphere
300
areas near the Pacific Ocean
What is the areas of the world that have the most hurricanes
300
a fixed source of abundant rising magma that forms a volcanic center.
What is a hot spot
300
therma convection, convection currents or the mantle
What is how the continents actually move
300
Big Bang Theory
Where does matter and energy in the universe come from
400
formation from a single violent volacanic eruption
What is shield volcano
400
falling trees and buildings
What causes the most deaths from a hurricane
400
naturally occuring molten rock material generated within Earth.
What is magma
400
how do mountain ranges form?
What is the question leading to the development of Suess's theory
400
Sun and Earth are on opposite sides of the Moon
What is a solar eclipse
500
Mt. St. Helens
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in 1980
500
cyclone
What is hurricanes called in the western Pacific Ocean
500
a unit of measurement equal to the distance light travels in one year
What is light- year
500
continental
What is the plate that never gets subducted
500
1. an object in rest will remain in rest 2. F=ma 3. for every action there is an equal or opposite reaction
What is Newton's Laws
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