Earth's Interior
What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic And Continental
What are the three type of tectonic plate boundaries?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What does air pressure do as altitude increases?
Decreases
Which prefix/suffix of cloud describes mid level clouds?
What are the three categories of Natural Disasters we discussed?
Tectonic Plates, Severe Weather, Caused by Weather
What happens to temperature as you go deeper into the Earth?
It increases
What do the plates do at transform boundaries?
The plates slide next to each other
What is the space in between layers of the atmosphere called?
Pauses
What do stratus clouds look like?
Layered and flat
What is the location at which the Earthquake starts?
Epicenter
Why is the Inner Core a sphere?
Pressure/Gravity
At which type of boundary does Seafloor Spreading occur?
Divergent
What are the layers in which temperature decreases as altitude increases?
Troposphere
Mesosphere
Exosphere
What is the only cloud that exists in all 3 levels?
Cumulonimbus
What is the name given to the massive grouping of volcanoes located in the Pacific Ocean?
The Pacific Ring of Fire
Which layers are made of Rock?
Mantle and Crust
What are subduction zones, and where do they occur?
Where two tectonic plates meet (Convergent Boundary), and one goes under the other.
Which layer of the atmosphere protects us from UV rays (Ozone Layer)
Stratosphere
What are the 5 main prefixes/suffixes of clouds?
Cirro
Cumulo/Cumulus
Strato/Stratus
Alto
Nimbo/Nimbus
What are three things that can cause a tsunami?
Volcano eruption, Earthquake, Meteor, Landslides, Avalanches
Which layer of the Earth contains the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
Mantle
Looking at the map I handed out, what type of Boundary is between the Indian-Australian Plate and the Eurasian Plate?
Convergent
What is an important feature of the Mesosphere?
Coldest Layer, Protects from Meteors
What type of weather do Cumulo- clouds bring?
Fair weather/sunny
What causes the funnel of the tornado to form and start rotating?
When hot and cold air meet OR a low pressure system