the Earth's shape, slightly wider at the Equator due to rotation
What is an Oblate Spheroid
100
The proposed super continent 200 million years ago
What is Pangaea
100
first waves to arrive form the Earthquake
What is Primary or P waves
100
regions underneath lithospheric plates which are abnormally hot and can cause volcanism in those regions
What is Hot Spots
100
minerals are compressed and flattened, looks like stripes
What is foliated
200
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry which CAN'T be proven
What is a theory
200
the diverging of oceanic crust and forming of new seafloor
What is seafloor spreading
200
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur
What is the Ring of Fire
200
felsic lava that is ejected in solid fragments of rock
What is Pyroclastic Material
200
sediments are compacted and cemented together
What is sedimentary rock
300
What are the four categories of Earth Science?
What is Geology, Oceanography, Meteorology, & Astronomy
300
boundary where two plate slide past another
What is transform
300
the point under the surface of the earth where plates fault
What is the focus
300
broad, wide short volcanoes which produce runny, mafic lava
What is shield volcanoes
300
rocks that form above ground
What is extrusive
400
The order of the Earth's layers, from the outside to the inside
What is Crust, Mantle, Outer Core, Inner Core
400
region where one plate moves underneath another
What is subduction zone
400
the straightening of plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves
What is Elastic Rebound Theory
400
small, steep volcanoes which produce medium thick lava
What is Cinder Cones
400
forms in layers
What is stratification
500
List the steps of the Scientific Method
What is State the Problem, Gather Information, Form a Hypothesis, Test the Hypothesis
500
the movement of heat through the asthenosphere which causes plates above to move
What is convection current
500
The amount of damage caused by an earthquake
What is Mercalli Intensity
500
a feature produced when an emptied magma chamber causes a volcano to collapse
What is Caldera
500
rock cycle diagram (list steps and processes in order)
What is magma, crystallization, igneous rock weathering and erosion, sediment, cementation and compaction, sedimentary rock, heat & pressure, metamorphic rock melt, magma