Earth's Energy
Tectonics
Rocks
Earth History
Extra
100
Define Nonrenewable Energy
Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural process
100
What are the earth's layers?
Core Lithosphere Asthenosphere Mantle Outer Core Inner core
100
What is a texture in a rock?
The size of the crystals
100
Define Body fossil and give an example
Fossils of actual parts of an organism
100
What is the first law of thermodynamics?
Energy cannot be created from nothing or completely destroyed. Only transferred from one form to another
200
Give an example of an renewable resource
Wind Water Solar Geothermal Biomass
200
Who was Alfred Wegener?
He was the scientist that came up with the continental drift hypothesis
200
What are the two main types of rock process?
Igneous and Sedimentary
200
Define absolute time
Determining actual dates that events occurred using a rock's chemical composition
200
Give an example of thermal energy
Light bulb
300
Give the definition of Kinetic Energy and a example
Energy due in motion Ex- running, moving, dancing
300
What were the key pieces of evidence of his continental drift hypothesis?
Fit of continents Fossil evidence Rocks Climate
300
What is the difference between magma and lava?
Magma is molten rock underground Lava is molten rock on Earth's surface
300
Layers must be horizontal when originally deposited
Principle of original horizontal
300
When energy is transferred it becomes less and less useful
Second law of thermaldynamics
400
Which one of these example is potential energy?
Sitting down Apple hanging on a tree
400
What does ridge push do?
It causes any rising mantle material creates the potential for plates to move away from the ridge
400
Where does an igneous rock form?
Deep in the earth
400
What is tilting?
Tilting is when the rock layers tilt to another direction but is still in the same time period as the other rocls
400
What is a transform plate?
Tectonic plates that slides side by side
500
What are the types of energy?
Kinetic Chemical Elastic Potential
500
Where can you find slab pull?
In subduction areas
500
Intrusive and extrusive rocks were formed by?
Intrusive is formed by magma Extrusive is formed by lava
500
Gap between lower layers that have been tilted and new horizontal on top
Angular conformity
500
What are the types of tectonic plate movements?
Transform Divergent Convergent
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