The Earth
The turning or spinning of Earth on its axis, responsible for night and day, is known as ____.
rotation
Newton's First Law: An object in motion that stays in motion unless acted upon by another force; is more simply known as the law of ___________.
Inertia
The collapsed top of a volcanic mountain is known as a ____________.
caldera
The area where the energy is first released in the earthquake is called the _________.
focus
What 2 hemispheres is the United States located in?
northern and western hemisphere
Draw a model of the heliocentric theory
(sun at the center of the universe)
About 75% of the world’s active volcanoes occur in
the ring of fire
The rock section of earth on either side of a fault line is called a
fault block
The general structure of the Earth is separated into layers based on
composition
list all the planets in order starting with the planet closest to the sun (don't include pluto)
mercury, venus, earth, mars, jupiter, saturn, uranus, neptune
A volcano that is no longer connected to a magma reservoir is known as a(n)
extinct volcano
The sudden return of deformed rock to its undeformed shape, leading to earthquakes, is known as
elastic rebound
The breaking down of rock into smaller pieces is called
weathering
Mass and weight are different as weight takes _________ into account.
gravity
The Hawaiian Islands are an example of __________ volcanoes.
shield
The energy wave that moves side-to-side, and the wave that seismologists use to determine the richter scale are the _____________.
s waves
What inside the mantle is causing the lithosphere to float and move on top of the asthenosphere?
convection currents in the mantle
Provide evidence that scientists have gathered for the Big Bang Theory
Redshift in galaxies (moving further away)
If a volcano has magma with a high water content, the water has the potential to form what kind of eruption?
explosive
Why does North Carolina not have a “zero” earthquake hazard?