Earth's Interior
What page in the ESRT is the Inferred Properties of Earth's Interior found on?
What is page 10
What is the name of an Earthquake that happens at the ocean floor?
What is a Tsunami
What is the name of the movement within the mantle that is responsible for making the plates move at the surface?
What is convection
What information about a material do you need to find in order to solve the density of the material?
What is Mass and Volume
What is the inner most layer of the Earth called?
What is the Inner Core
What is the name of the exact location where an earthquake occurs?
What is the Epicenter
Mid-Ocean Ridges normally form where tectonic plates are --- Converging or Diverging??
What is Diverging
What are the units used when solving for Density?
What is g/mL OR g/cm3
In which layer of the earth are convection currents believed to occur?
What is the mantle
What are the names of waves that register on the receiving Seismograph?
What are P and S waves
At the Aleutian Trench and the Peru-Chili Trench, tectonic plates are generally -- Converging or Diverging?
What is Converging
The density of the layers of the earth (INCREASE or DECREASE) as one gets closer to the center of the earth?
What is Increase
What is the temperature range in the Outer Core?
What is 5000 degrees C to 6300 degrees C
How long did it take for the P wave to travel at a distance of 8000km from the epicenter of the Earthquake?
What is 11 minutes and 20 secs
The age of the oceanic bedrock on either side of the mid-ocean ridge, is supporting evidence that at the ridges, tectonic plates are --- Converging or Diverging?
What is Diverging
Explain the density differences that take place between the Oceanic crust and the Continental Crust.
What is the Oceanic crust is more dense than the Continental crust
What is the pressure range in the Inner Core?
What is 3 ma to 3.7 ma
An earthquake's P wave arrival time is 11:50:45 and the S wave arrival time is 9:45:50 for the same Earthquake. What is the difference is their arrival times?
What is 2:04:55 OR 2 hrs, 4 mins, 55 secs
How many years ago were the continents primarily located SOUTH of the equator?
What is 458 millions pf years ago
State the Latitude and Longitude of the San Andreas Fault?
What is 35 degrees N, 120 degrees W