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Toss up
100
The reason scientists reject Alfred Wegner's theory of continental drift
What is no identifiable force
100
The location of the ring of fire
What is the boundary of the pacific plate or the Pacific Rim
100
The type of heat transfer in the mantle that causes plate tectonics to move
What is convection currents
100
One complete revolution of Earth around the sun takes
What is one year
100
How does igneous rock become sedimentary rock
What is weathering and erosion
200
The seismic wave which does not travel through solid
What is S wave
200
The formation of the Hawaiian Islands is one example of
What is volcanoes forming over a hot spot
200
The process in which an ocean plate moves under a continental plate
What is subduction
200
The reason Earth has seasons
What is Earth's axis is tilted as it moves around the sun
200
The type of rock caused by extreme heat and pressure
What is m
300
The first two steps for determining the epicenter of an earthquake
What is finding the S-P interval and the distance
300
Hawaiian volcanoes contain significant amounts of this dark igneous rock found in oceanic crust
What is basalt
300
A long deep-ocean trench
What is mid-ocean ridge
300
From new moon phase to full moon phase you see
What is an increasing amount of the lighted side of moon
300
The sunspots on the sun are _____ compared to the other gases around them
What is cooler
400
The type of seismic wave compresses and expands to the ground; goes through solids and liquids
What is Primary Wave
400
The type of volcano which erupts gently with flowing basaltic lava
What is shield
400
The feature that forms where two different plates of two different densities are colliding; oceanic crust is denser than the continental crust
What is Trench at convergent boundary
400
The phase that a lunar eclipse can occur
What is full
400
Solar wind is a stream of electrically charged particles produced by the suns
What is corona
500
A type of seismic wave that moves the ground up and down or side to side; only goes through liquids
What is Secondary Wave
500
The type of volcano that will most likely erupt with a pyroclastic flow.
What is composite
500
The type of boundary that forms California San Andres area
What is transform
500
The tides are caused by
What is differences in how much the moon pulls on different parts of Earth
500
Two factors that combine to keep planets in orbit
What is gravity and inertia