VOLCANOES
VOCAB
TECTONIC PLATES
MATTER
MISC.
100
WHAT IS A FUNNEL-SHAPED PIT NEAR THE TOP OF THE CENTRAL VENT OF A VOLCANO CALLED?
WHAT IS A CRATER
100
WHAT IS THE DISTANCE OVER WHICH A WAVE'S SHAPE REPEATS CALLED?
WHAT IS WAVELENGTH
100
NAME WALL A- THE BLOCK BENEATH THE FAULT (YOU CAN CLIMB UP IT) NAME WALL B- THE BLOCK ABOVE THE FAULT (YOU CAN STAND UNDERNEATH IT)
WHAT IS: WALL A- FOOT WALL WHAT IS: WALL B- HANGING WALL
100
3 STATES OF MATTER: A- THE STATE OF MATTER WHERE ATOMS ARE PACKED TIGHTLY TOGETHER B- THE STATE OF MATTER WHERE ATOMS ARE LOOSELY PACKED TOGETHER C-THE STATE OF MATTER WHERE ATOMS ARE SPREAD OUT
WHAT IS: A- SOLID B- LIQUIDS C- GASES
100
WHICH OF THESE CAN YOU SEE THROUGH A REFLECTING TELESCOPE? A-urANUS B-MOONS AROUND JUPITER C- PLANETS AROUND STARS
WHAT IS B- MOONS AROUND JUPITER
200
WHAT IS THE AREA OF DEEP CRACKS THAT FORMS BETWEEN TWO TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE PULLING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER CALLED?
WHAT IS THE RIFT ZONE
200
SPACE THAT IS EMPTY OF MATTER
WHAT IS A VACCUM
200
TYPES OF FOLDS: FOLD A- UPWARD FOLDS (ARCHES) FOLD B- DOWNWARD FOLDS (TROUGHS) FOLD C- BOTH ENDS ARE HORIZONTAL, AND A MIDDLE PORTION THAT BENDS DOWNWARD.
WHAT IS: FOLD A- ANTICLINE WHAT IS: FOLD B- SYNCLINE WHAT IS: FOLD C- MONOCLINE
200
WHAT IS THE CONCENTRATION OF MATTER IN AN OBJECT (FORMULA: MASS OVER VOLUME)
WHAT IS DENSITY
200
THE OUTER LAYER OF CELLS OF A LEAF
WHAT IS EPIDERMIS
300
WHAT ARE THE LONG CRACKS IN THE EARTH'S CRUST FROM WHICH LAVA ON THE EARTH'S SURFACE ERUPTS FROM CALLED?
WHAT ARE RIFTS
300
AN ASTONOMICALOBJECT ORBITING A STAR OR STELLAR REMENANT THAT IS MASSIVE ENOUGH TO BE ROUNDED BY ITS OWN GRAVITY
WHAT ARE PLANETS
300
WHAT ARE THE 2 MAJOR WAVE THAT OCCUR DURING AN EARTHQUAKE
WHAT ARE PRIMARY WAVES, AND SECONDARY WAVES
300
MATTER IS MADE UP OF.....
WHAT ARE ATOMS AND MOLECULES
300
WHEN LIGHT REFRACTS AND DOESN'T TRAVEL IN A STRAIGHT LINE
WHAT IS OPTICAL ILLUSIONS
400
WHAT IS THE VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE AREA OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE FAR FROM A TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY CALLED?
WHAT IS THE HOT SPOT
400
THE EXTENT TO WHICH A SOUND CAN BE HEARD
WHAT IS LOUDNESS
400
TYPES OF BOUNDARIES: BOUNDARY A- WHEN TWO PLATES MOVE AWAY FROM EACH OTHER BOUNDARY B- WHEN TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER BOUNDARY C- WHEN TWO CONTENINTAL PLATES COLLIDE TO FORM MOUNTAINS
WHAT IS: BOUNDARY A- DIVERGENT BOUNDARY WHAT IS: BOUNDARY B- TRANSFORM BOUNDARY WHAT IS: BOUNDARY C- CONVERGENT BOUNDARY
400
THE ABILITY OF ONE SUBSTANCE TO BE DISSOLVED INTO ANOTHER SUBSTANCE
WHAT IS SOLUBILITY
400
SPACE JUNK/ SPACE WASTE OF DEFUNCT OBJECTS IN ORBIT AROUND EARTH
WHAT IS SPACE DEBRIS
500
WHAT IS A WIDE, FLAT LANDFORM THAT RESULTS FROM REPEATED NONEXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF LAVA THAT SPREAD OVER A LARGE AREA CALLED?
WHAT IS A LAVA PLATEAU
500
THE TRANSFER OF ENERGY CARRIED BY LIGHT WAVES TO PARTICLES OF MATTER
WHAT IS ABSORPTION OF LIGHT
500
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR TECTONIC PLATES?
WHAT IS: PACIFIC PLATE, COCOS PLATE, SOUTH AMERICAN PLATE, EURASIAN PLATE, AUSTRALIAN PLATE, NORTH AMERICAN PLATE, NAZCA PLATE, AFRICAN PLATE, INDIAN PLATE, ANTARCTIC PLATE
500
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A SUBSTANCE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED/MEASURED WITHOUT CHANGING THE SUBSTANCE.
WHAT ARE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
500
ECLIPSES A- WHEN EARTH IS BETWEEN THE MOON AND THE SUN B- WHEN THE MOON IS BETWEEN THE EARTH AND THE SUN
WHAT IS A- LUNAR ECLIPSE B- SOLAR ECLIPSE