What is it gets weathered, eroded, deposited and cemented/compacted.
100
Explain the theory of plate tectonics.
What is Earth's crust is broken into huge slabs which slowly move atop the heated mantle.
100
Describe viscous lava/magma.
What is lava resists flowing freely and moves slowly.
100
Give several reasons why we don't feel most earthquakes.
What is distance, magnitude, time and depth.
100
How would you summarize the definition of Paleomagnetism??
What is the study of Earth's magnetic field using iron bearing materials from rocks, and has long geolectrecal time
200
Explain the various ways weathering can affect rocks.
What is abrasion, ice wedging, rusting, dissolving and other natural processes break down rock into smaller pieces.
200
How would you use your knowledge of plate tectonics to explain why earthquakes are more common in some places than others?
Due to the fault lines along the plate boundaries.
200
Name and describe the plate boundaries where volcanoes form.
What is divergent: plates move apart, magma rises
convergent: plates move together, oceanic plate subducts, magma rises
200
Describe the features of earthquakes.
What is fault: crack in lithosphere
epicenter: Earth's surface directly above quake
focus: point in lithosphere where rock first moves
seismic waves: energy vibrations radiating from focus in all directions
200
How would you describe the word "viscous"?
What is the resistance of lava to flow/
300
Identify the process that form a metamorphic rock from sedimentary rock.
What is sedimentary gets pushed deep in crust, pressure and heat cause crystals to grow, changing the rock into metamorphic.
300
what contributes to the movements of the plates pertaining to the mantle
mantle convection
300
Can you distinguish between the types of volcanoes?
What is composite/stratovolcano, cinder-cone, and shield
300
Describe the parts of features of an earthquake
Epicenter, fault, focus, P-waves, S-waves, and Surface waves
300
Why wouldn't volcanoes form on the San Andreas fault?
What is because the San Andreas fault is a transform boundary. Plates move horizontally with no crust created or destroyed.
400
Elaborate on the reason why some rocks develop foliation.
What is rocks deep in the crust subjected to tremendous pressure rearrange the mineral structure. The minerals line up in thin, flat/wavy bands creating a striped pattern referred to as foliation.
400
Compare and contrast intrusive and extrusive rocks.
What is alike: igneous, molten rock
different: where they form, cooling time, crystal size
400
Based on what you know how would you explain the different way volcanoes are formed?
What is convergent boundaries underneath each other, divergent boundaries pulling apart causing volcanic activity.
400
What is the relationship between P and S waves? Which one comes first and why?
What is P waves are faster. P waves go straight, S waves move in right angles.
400
Use your knowledge of plate tectonics to explain why earthquakes are more common in some places than others.
What is fault lines are usually found at plate boundaries due to plate movements.
500
Draw and label a diagram of the rock cycle. Include the 2 types of weathering, deposition and foliation.
What is (draw it out....this game doesn't have drawings! :)
500
Describe the 3 types of convergent boundaries and land features that form at each.
What is oceanic-oceanic: volcanic islands, deep sea trench
oceanic-continental: mountain ranges, volcanoes, deep sea trench
continental-continental: mountains
500
suppose a volcano forms at a divergent boundery, what is the difference between this volcano and the one that forms at a convergent boundary?
What is the volcano that forms at a divergent boundary is flat topped and wider while a convergent boundary volcano is taller and more pointed.
500
Create a data table contrasting properties and characteristics of p-waves and s-waves.
What is P: fastest, parallel to force, travel through core
S: slowest, perpendicular to force, stop at core
500
Explain the theory of mantle convection
What is (too long to fit here! Look it up in the textbook and/or your notes.)