Scientific Inquiry
Continental Drift
Earth's Layers
Earthquakes
Miscellaneous
100
How many steps are in Scientific Inquiry
What is seven
100
Who was the German scientist who founded the theory of Continental Drift?
What is Alfred Wegner
100
What layer of the Earth do we live on?
What is crust
100
What do scientists use to measure ground movement during an earthquake?
What is a seismograph
100
An earthquake is caused when
What is the release of seismic waves break Earth's rock
200
When performing an experiment the variable that does not change is the
What is control group
200
This theory states that the continents were at one time together forming Pangea and have drifted apart over the years.
What is Continental Drift
200
What are the four layers of Earth?
What is inner core, outer core, mantel, crust
200
Faults are formed due to...
What is the shifting of the Earth's tectonic plates
200
What are the three boundaries in plate tectonics?
What is convergent boundary, divergent boundary, and transform boundary
300
What step of the scientific method involves asking a questions about something you observed?
What is purpose
300
When magma is pushed out of the Earth's oceanic crust it causes
What is sea floor spreding
300
What is the thickest layer of the Earth?
What is mantel
300
The point on Earth's surface directly above the earthquake's focus is the ....
What is epicenter
300
What are the three faults?
What is normal fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault
400
When you make a prediction about the outcome of your question you are making a(n)
What is hypothesis
400
Tectonic plates float on a plastic-like section of what leayer of the Earth?
What is mantel
400
This core is as hot as the sun.
What is inner core
400
Waves that travel through Earth caused by an earthquake are called...
What is seismic waves
400
What is the name of the scale that tells us how strong an earthquake is?
What is the Ricter Scale
500
When performing an experiment, the one thing that you change between each test is called the
What is independent variable
500
The heating and cooling cycle of rock in the Earth's mantle that is thought to cause tectonic plates to move is called
What is convection currents
500
This layer is the only liquid layer of the Earth.
What is outer core
500
When the elastic limit is passed, what occurs?
What is an earthquake
500
What direction does a reverse fault move?
What is towards each other.
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