Plate Tectonics
This type of boundary forms at mid-ocean ridges
What is a divergent boundary?
This principle states that younger rock layers are found above older layers
What is the law of superposition?
What is saturn?
This causes seasons on Earth
What is Earths axal tilt
Who are the best Earth Science teachers of all time?
The rigid outer layer of the Earth which includes the crust and upper mantle
What is the lithosphere?
The preserved remains of once-living organisms
What are fossils?
The path a planet follows as it moves around the sun
What is an orbit?
This day has equal hours of daylight and darkness worldwide
What is an equinox?
This program in the United States produced the first nuclear weapons during WW2 (think Oppenheimer)
What is the Manhattan Project?
This plate boundary is where earthquakes are common, but volcanoes are not
What is a transform boundary?
This feature forms when molten rock cools inside pre-existing rock layers
What is igneous intrusion?
A celestial object that produces energy through nuclear fusion
What is the sun?
The season that occurs when the northern hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
What is summer?
This country is both an Island and a Continent
What is Australia?
The process where oceanic crust sinks beneath continental crust
What is subduction?
A fossil used to correlate rock layers because it lived for a short time and was widespread
What is an index fossil?
This force keeps planets in orbit around the sun
What is gravity?
This location experiences 24 hours of daylight during summer
What is the arctic circle?
This is the largest desert in the world
What is the Sahara Desert?
This evidence supports the theory of plate tectonics by showing that the continents were once connected
-What is the matching of fossils?
-What is the matching of rock types?
-What is the matching of mountain ranges?
This evidence shows that the Earth is approximately 4.6 billion years old
What is radiometric dating?
This evidence shows that the universe is EXPANDING as light from distant galaxies are shifted toward longer wavelengths
What is red shift?
This line marks the farthest south the sun's direct rays reach during the year
What is the Tropic of Capricorn?
This unusual mammal is one of the few that lays eggs
What is a platypus?