Concepts & Other bits
Tectonics
Layers
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100

When earthquakes happen, the ___________ arrive first.

What are p-waves?
100
The type of boudnary in which two plates separate.

What is divergent?

100

Name the layers of the earth in order moving from outward towards the middle.

What is crust, mantle, outer core, inner core

100

This is Mr. F's _______ year at PVHS.

What is 1st?

200

Earth formed this long ago.

What is 4.6 billion years?

200

This type of boundary can cause earthquakes.

What is transform?

200

This process in the mantle transfers heat from Earth's core to the surface.

What is convection?

200

Mr. F grew up in this town.

Where is Costa Mesa?

300

What happens to the kinetic energy of particles as temperature is increased?

What is increases?

300

The type of boundary that can form mountain ranges. 

What is convergent?

300

Which layer of the Earth is the most dense?

What is the Inner Core?

300

Mr. F went to college here. 

Where is UC Santa Cruz?

400

The physical property of matter that explains why the crust is above the mantle.

What is density?

400

The cause of movement of earth's plates.

What is convection in the mantle?

400

The density ranges of the crust and mantle, respectively.

What is 2.2-2.9 g/cm3 and 3.4-5.6 g/cm3?

400

Mr. F's cat's name

Boomie
500

The movement of liquid iron nickel in the Earth's outer core is responsible for creating ____________.

What is Earth's magnetic field?

500

The movement of rigid lithospheric plates on Earth's surface over the aesthenosphere, that cycles matter and energy between Earth's surface and interior.

What is plate tectonics?

500

The core heats the mantle through this process.

What is conduction?

500

What is Mr. F's favorite fried chicken place?

What is a Hot Birds!

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