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Earth's Structure
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Earth's Surface
Supercontinent
100
What layer of the Earth's mantle is divided into plates and demonstrates tectonic activity?
What is Lithosphere
100
Scale to measure the amount of energy released during an Earthquake!!!
What is Richter Scale
100
hot molten or semifluid rock erupted from a volcano or fissure
What is lava
100
This agent of erosion is the downward falling or sliding of a mass of soil, detritus, or rock on or from a steep slope
What is gravitational erosion
100
This German Geologist hypothesized that there was a gigantic supercontinent 200 million years ago. Who is this geologist?
What is Alfred Wegener
200
This part is thought to be as hot as the surface of the sun, composed of iron and nickel
What is inner core
200
This type of wave is only at the outer layer and rolls and sways. Causes the chief damage during an Earthquake.
What is Surface Wave
200
This type of boundary between Earth's plates can produce volcanoes.
What is Convergent Plate Boundary
200
What is the percentage of how much Earth's surface is covered in water?
What is 70%
200
Name a cause for continental drift
What is plate tectonics
300
The Earth's Structure is divided into three main layers, what are they?
What is Mantle, crust and core
300
This is a string of underwater volcanoes and earthquake sites around the edges of the Pacific Ocean.
What is The RING OF FIRE
300
Semi-molten rock found beneath the surface of the Earth
What is Magma
300
Water and wind erosion can carve out: Name three things
What is Caves, sea cliffs, sea arches, valleys, ridges
300
What was Alfred Wegener's Name for a supercontinent?
What is Pangea
400
This part of the Earth is entirely solid, No Earthquakes originate here!
What is mesosphere
400
The initial jolt from an Earthquake, travels in a very fast wave.
What is Primary (P) Wave
400
This is a single column of magma
What is hot spot
400
This is the act in which Earth is worn away often by water, wind and ice.
What is Erosion
400
The word Geo means what?
What is Earth
500
This part of the Earth is cool, composed of various materials
Crust
500
The slower and stronger wave of an Earthquake
What is Secondary (S) wave
500
The world's most active volcano, southeast corner of the island of Hawaii
What is Kilauea
500
This is the geological process in which sediments, soil and rocks are added to a landform.
What is Deposition
500
Alfred Wegener's evidence for Pangaea was what?
What is fossils of prehistoric creatures