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Nature of Science
Measurement and Math
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Plate Tectonics
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Sphere of the Earth that Geologists study
What is Geosphere?
100
Base unit of measuring length in the metric system
What is meter.
100
This is the cause of earthquakes
What is the movement of tectonic plates?
100
This boundary type is not responsible for the formation of volcanoes.
What areTransform boundaries?
100
The plate boundary occurs when to tectonic plates are moving towards each other.
What is a convergent boundary?
200
Sphere of the Earth that includes all living things
What is Biosphere?
200
How are weight and mass different?
Weight depends of gravity and where you are mass does not.
200
Scale the measure the magnitude of an earthquake.
What is the Richter scale?
200
This is responsible for some volcanoes like the ones in Hawaii.
What is a hot spot?
200
These currents are the driving force behind plate tectonics.
What are convection currents?
300
TWO sources of energy that power interactions of spheres.
What are geothermal, solar, gravitational, wind, water, heat/thermal, kinetic, mechanical, chemical? (any 2)
300
3456.7 in scientific notation
What is 3.4567 x 10^3?
300
This type of wave travels the fastest and arrives first.
What is P-wave or primary wave?
300
There are the two different types of volcanic eruptions.
What are explosive and quiet eruptions?
300
These are the 4 layers of the earth.
What are the inner core, outer core, mantel, and crust or lithosphere?
400
Define independent variable
The variable that you have control over.
400
3x10^-6 in normal notation.
What is .000003?
400
This is the name of the exact location where an earthquake occurs.
What is the focus?
400
One only exists on the surface of the earth the other inside of volcanos.
What are lava and magma?
400
This is created when there is a continental-continental divergent boundary.
What is a rift valley?
500
Define system
A group of related parts that move or work together.
500
Unit used to measure density.
What is g/ml or kg/m^3?
500
The device that is used to detect and measure earthquakes.
What is a seismometer?
500
This mineral is responsible for changing the thickness or viscosity of lava.
What is silica?
500
Scientist that came up with the theory of continental drift.
Who is Alfred Wegener