Earth's Layers / Plate Tectonics
This scientist is responsible for the theory of continental drift.
(Hint: He was German.)
Who is Alfred Wegener?
This type of pollution is the presence of any unwanted, inappropriate, or excessive artificial light.
What is light pollution?
This weather front is when cold air replaces warm air.
What is Cold Front?
The coldest layer of the atmosphere.
What is mesosphere?
This natural disaster is an uncontrolled fire that burns vegetation.
What is Wildfire?
This layer of the earth is the outermost/outside layer.
What is crust?
This is when there are changes to the environment caused directly by humans.
What is human impact?
This weather front is when warm air replaces cold air.
What is Warm Front?
Layer of the atmosphere in which we live.
What is Troposphere?
This natural disaster is an eruption of molten rock, hot rock fragments, and hot gases.
What is Volcanic Eruption?
This plate boundary is when two plates comes together.
This type of pollution is when harmful substances contaminate a body of water.
What is water pollution?
This weather front is when the air masses on either side of the boundary are not moving.
What is Stationary Front?
The most outside layer of the atmosphere.
What is exosphere?
This natural disaster is a tropical cyclone occurring near/on the ocean.
What is a hurricane?
This is the name of the single landmass/supercontinent before continental drift.
(All of the continents used to be one piece)
What is Pangea?
This action is the clearing of a wide area of trees.
This weather front is when a warm front is taken over by a cold front.
What is Occluded Front?
Layer of the atmosphere with the northern lights.
What is thermosphere?
This natural disaster is any thunderstorm that produces hail.
What is hailstorm?
This type of crust is a thin, dense layer under the ocean.
What is Oceanic Crust?
The long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns.
What is Climate Change?
A weather alert when the severe weather is currently happening.
(Ex. A tornado has been spotted)
What is Warning?
Layer of the atmosphere holding the ozone layer.
What is stratosphere?
This natural disaster is an overflow of water that submerges land it doesn't typically cover.
What is flood?