PLATE TECTONICS & CONTINENTAL DRIFT
SHAKING & QUAKING
VOLCANOLOGY
BOUNDLESS BOUNDARIES
TALK ABOUT H2O
100
The theory that involves the Earth's lithosphere slowly moving on the underlying mantle? (s'more analogy: think of it like a graham cracker on top of a marsh mellow).
What is PLATE TECTONICS
100
The most likely boundary to have an earthquake.
What is a TRANSFORM BOUNDARY OR FAULT LINE
100
This type of volcano has a large conical shape built up by many layers of hardened lava and volcanic ash and has an explosive eruption of cinders and lava.
What is a COMPOSITE VOLCANO.
100
This type of plate boundary involves the pulling apart of two continental boundaries or two oceanic boundaries, forming ridges and rift valleys.
What is a DIVERGENT BOUNDARY.
100
What a body is water is called that consists of a mixing of both fresh and salt water (found in estuaries and locations where fresh water enters the ocean).
What is BRACKISH.
200
The name of the supercontinent that was believed to exist millions of years ago that is now split apart and explained through the continental drift hypothesis?
What is PANGEA
200
It is the last seismic wave to arrive at a location and is the strongest wave force with an up and down motion.
What is a LONGITUDINAL WAVE (L-Wave)
200
This type of volcano consists of a build-up of cooled lava fragments that form a crater around its vent? (HINT: it is the second largest but the most common type of volcano.)
What is a CINDER CONE VOLCANO.
200
This is the most likely land form that would be created when two continental plates collide at a convergent boundary? (Remember! At a boundary of two continental plates, neither plate wins, meaning neither plate undergoes subduction- gets pushed beneath the other).
What are MOUNTAINS.
200
The majority of our fresh water is located in these, and unfortunately we cannot use it.
What are GLACIERS.
300
Evidence for Pangea can be linked to similar these (remains of organisms buried in sedimentary rock), which have been found on continents divided by miles of ocean?
What are FOSSILS
300
Movement of oceanic crust below the surface of the ocean can lead to this geohazard or natural disaster on the coast
What is a TSUNAMI.
300
The name of the bowl-shaped depression that is formed as a volcano collapses into the cavity left behind when the magma chamber empties?
What is a CALDERA.
300
This boundary type most often forms volcanoes due to the friction and high heat created when oceanic crust subducts under continental crust, or other less dense oceanic crust?
What are CONVERGENT BOUNDARIES.
300
The layer of the ocean where you would find an Angler Fish- a species adapted to dark, cold waters.
What is DARK ZONE.
400
This is the scientific concept behind the movement of the lithosphere (continental and oceanic plates) and is caused by the cyclic heating and cooling of magma (similar to movement of air in the atmosphere)?
What are CONVECTION CURRENTS
400
Which earthquake would produce the MOST severe quake damage along the surface of Earth? A: one with a deep focus and magnitude of 2.5 B: one with a shallow focus and magnitude of 2.5 C: one with a deep focus and magnitude of 4.5 D: one with a shallow focus and magnitude of 4.5
What is D: one with a shallow focus and magnitude of 4.5.
400
This type of rock forms extrusively (on the surface of the Earth) when lava cools. It also forms smaller crystals than if it cooled intrusively (below the Earth's surface).
What is Igneous Rock
400
The type of boundary that has both compressional and shear forces acting on land masses that slide past one another.
What is a TRANSFORM BOUNDARY.
400
These entities form lakes that are not man-made. They also can erode structures by carrying large amounts of sediment to areas miles away from their origin.
What are GLACIERS.
500
The lithosphere, the outermost shell of planet Earth that is broken up into plates, is composed of what two layers?
What are THE CRUST AND UPPER MANTLE
500
Scientists are studying a graph showing the time differences between the seismic P-Waves and seismic S-Waves through the Earth. Which information can they learn about an earthquake from the graph? A: MAGNITUDE B: DURATION C: EPICENTER D: INTENSITY
What is C: EPICENTER.
500
Mt. St. Helens is this type of volcano.
What is a COMPOSITE VOLCANO
500
Which structure can form as a result of a divergent plate boundary? A: continental volcano arc, due to the collision of 2 plates B: a continental mountain, due to the collision of 2 plates C: a mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of 2 plates D: an ocean trench, due to the separation of 2 plates
What is C: a mid-ocean ridge, due to the separation of 2 plates.
500
Which is found when a section of impermeable rock forces groundwater to move laterally and emerge onto the surface of Earth? A: A SPRING B: AN AQUIFER C: A GEYSER D: A WELL
What is A: A SPRING
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