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Intro to Earth Science / Plate Tectonics / Earthquakes
Volcanoes / Rocks & Minerals
Oceanography
Meteorology
Astronomy
100
The rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top of the Asthenosphere.
What is Lithosphere?
100
Cools slowly and has a ropy texture.
What is Pahoehoe?
100
=1/2 (1500 m/s) t
What is Depth?
100
Ozone, carbon dioxide, Water vapor, Oxygen, Nitrogen
What is .000006%, .038%, 0.4%, 21%, 78%
100
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
What is Inner Planets?
200
The molten material below the lithosphere that causes plates to move.
What is Asthenosphere?
200
Cools quickly and has a jagged texture.
What is AA?
200
metal sphere which is lowered by cables to the ocean floor
What is bathysphere?
200
two cold air masses moving into a hot air mass.
What is Occluded front?
200
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
What is Outer Planets?
300
Heated material in the Asthenosphere rises and sinks as it becomes hotter and colder.
What is Convection currents?
300
Very wide or broad, low viscosity
What is Shield Volcano?
300
mini-submarine which sinks to the ocean floor and has mobility.
What is Bathyscaphe?
300
Hot and cool air "chasing" eachother.
What is Tornadoes?
300
Lowlands, Darker cooled lava
What is Maria?
400
The point under ground where the stress is released along the fault and seismic waves are created.
What is Hypocenter?
400
Short and steep, medium viscosity
What is Cinder Cone Volcano?
400
below the surface where sunlight diminishes.
What is Thermocline?
400
storm that forms in the ocean
What is hurricanes?
400
form from impact of meteors
What is Craters?
500
the point on the surface of the earth directly above the focus of the earth quake
What is Epicenter?
500
Very tall and mountainous, high viscosity
What is Composite?
500
Bottom of the wave
What is trough?
500
storms at the edges of fronts.
What is thunder storms?
500
formation of the moon by collision of a planet and earth and the moon is debris
What is Giant Impact Hypothesis?