Minerals
Earth's Layers
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanos
100
Pure substances that can not be broken down into simpler substances by ordinary chemical means
What is Elements ?
100
The outermost solid layer of Earth
What is the Crust ?
100
The continents joined in a single large landmass
What is Pangaea ?
100
Sudden ground movements that occur when blocks of rock in Earth move and release energy
What is an Earthquake ?
100
Any place where gas, ash, or melted rock come out of the ground
What is a Volcano ?
200
If a substance is made up of molecules of 2 or more elements than the substance is called a...
What is Compound ?
200
located between the core and the crust
What is the Mantle ?
200
to explain the age and magnetic patterns of sea floor rocks scientists propose a process called ...
What is Sea-floor spreading?
200
A place within Earth along a fault of which the first motion of an earthquake occurs
What is the Focus ?
200
Less dense than solid rock so it rises towards the surface
What is Magma ?
300
A solid geometric form that results from a repeating pattern of atoms or molecules
What is a Crystal ?
300
the movement of matter that results from differences in density caused by variations in temperature
What is Convection?
300
Describes large scale movements of Earth's lithosphere
What is Plate tectonics?
300
Directly above the focus on Earth's surface is the ...
What is the Epicenter ?
300
Magma that has reached Earth's surface
What is Lava ?
400
The color of the powdered form of a mineral
What is a Streak ?
400
Extends from below the mantle to the center of the Earth
What is the Core ?
400
The lithosphere is divided into pieces called ...
What is Tectonic Plates ?
400
Where 2 or more tectonic plates meet
What is Tectonic Plate Boundary ?
400
Lava and clouds of ash can erupt from a ...
What is a Vent ?
500
The way a surface reflects light is called ...
What is Luster?
500
The outermost, rigid layer of Earth is the ...
What is the Lithosphere?
500
... formed where 2 plates collide
What is a Convergent Boundary ?
500
A break in Earth's crust along which blocks of rock move
What is a Fault ?
500
A location where a column of extremely hot mantle rock, called a mantle plume, rises through the asthenosphere
What is a hotspot ?
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