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Intro to Earth Science / Plate Tectonics / Earthquakes
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Oceanography
Meteorology
Astronomy
100
State the problem.
What is the first step of the scientific method?
100
A tube where magma rises through a volcano.
What is a conduit?
100
A metal sphere which is lowered on cables to the deep ocean floor.
What is a bathysphere?
100
A surface layer that is very warm, and contains all weather and life on earth.
What is the troposphere?
100
The biggest planet in out solar system.
What is Jupiter?
200
Test the hypothesis.
What is the 4th step of the scientific method?
200
Hardened layers of lava that make up a volcano.
What is a volcanic layer?
200
An underwater volcanic mountain over 1000 meters in elevation.
What is a seamount?
200
The 4th layer on earth that contains all of our satellites.
What is the thermosphere?
200
The planet that is closest to earth, and is considered its twin.
What is Venus?
300
The rigid crust and upper mantle that sits on top of the asthenosphere.
What is the lithosphere?
300
Magma that cools slowly and has a ropy texture.
What is pahoehoe?
300
The deepest features on earth, found where subduction occurs.
What is a trench?
300
Light energy is taken in by an object and turned into heat.
What is absorption?
300
The planet that is closest to the sun and is the smallest planet.
What is Mercury?
400
Plates move side by side past one another which can cause earthquakes, like the San Andreas fault.
What are transform boundaries?
400
Igneous rock that is a fine crystal.
What is aphanitic rock?
400
The top of the wave.
What is a crest?
400
Light energy is broken or bent into separate colors. Blue scatters first because of its short wave length.
What is scattering?
400
Lowlands, darker cooled lava on the moon.
What is Maria?
500
A geologist who discovered seafloor spreading during World War 2 from the mid-ocean ridge.
Who is Harry Hess?
500
A rock made from a collection of smaller rocks or sand.
What is a clastic rock?
500
The distance from crest to crest.
What is the wave length?
500
Two air masses coming together. It can create clouds and precipitation if pressure is low.
What is front?
500
The only planet to spin horizontally.
What is Uranus?