Natural Disasters
The shape of a tornado is a
Funnel
What happens to the air pressure as altitude increases?
It Decreases
What are the three types of Boundaries?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
What do cirrus clouds look like?
Thin and Whispy
What are the two types of crust?
Oceanic And Continental
What is the name given to the massive grouping of volcanoes located in the Pacific Ocean?
Pacific Ring of Fire
What is the space in between layers of the atmosphere called?
Pauses
At which type of Boundary does Seafloor Spreading occur?
Divergent
What are the 5 main prefixes/suffixes of clouds?
Cirro
Nimbo/Nimbus
Cumulo/Cumulus
Strato/Stratus
What happens to temperature as you go deeper into the Earth?
It increases
What is the location at which an Earthquake starts?
Epicenter
Which layer of the atmosphere has the Northern Lights
Thermosphere
Transform plate boundaries have plates that do what?
Slide past each other
Which is the only cloud that goes through multiple heights?
Cumulonimbus
Why is the Inner Core a sphere?
Pressure/Gravity
Name 3 things that can cause a Tsunami
Earthquake
Meteor
Underwater Volcano
Landslide
What are all of the layers that have an increasing temperature with altitude?
Thermosphere
What are subduction zones, and where do they occur?
When one tectonic plate goes under another, and they occur at Convergent Boundaries
Which prefix/suffix of cloud describes clouds with layers?
Stratus/Strato
Which layers are made of Rock?
Mantle and Crust
What are the three types of Natural Disasters discussed in class?
Severe Weather
Caused by severe Weather
Tectonic Plates
What are the layers of the atmosphere, in order from closest to Earth to Furthest from Earth
Troposphere
Stratosphere
Mesosphere
Thermosphere
Exosphere
Looking at the map, which type of plate boundary do the Eurasian and Indian-Australian Plates Share?
Convergent
What type of weather do -cumulo clouds bring?
Fair Weather
Which layer of the Earth contains the lithosphere and the asthenosphere?
Mantle