Scientific Method/ Properties of Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
hypothesis
What is a possible explanation
100
where plates move around
What is the athenosphere
100
transform and convergent boundaries
What is the area that earthquakes happen most
100
any structure used to bring lava from the ground to the surface
What is a volcano
100
rocks cooled inside a volcano
What is intrusive
200
Variance
What is the difference in data
200
ocean surrounding Pangea
What is Pathalassa
200
area in the pacific ocean where 80% of earthquakes occur
What is the ring of fire
200
one plate moving another causes magma to be released
What is a subduction zone
200
rocks cooled outside
What is extrusive
300
locating by satellites and triangulation
What is GPS
300
plates moving away from one another ex: mid ocean ridge
What is divergent boundaries
300
a device used to record and measure earthquakes
What is a seismograph
300
magma rises from a place underground that is extremely hot
What is a hot spot
300
a rock with visible crystals
What is phaneritic
400
stuff in an experiment that do not change
What are invariables
400
plates sliding past eachother
What is transform boundaries
400
scale from 1-10 measuring the waves' amplitude
What is Richter scale
400
cools slowly with a ropy texture
What is pahoehoe
400
a rock with crystals that cant be seen
What is aphanitic
500
June 21st and December 21st
What are the summer and winter equinoxes
500
huge super continent
What is Pangea
500
scale using roman numerals I-XII measuring the damage that occurs
What is modified Mercalli scale
500
cools quickly with a rigid texture
What is AA
500
Magma -> Crystallization -> Igneous Rock -> Weathering and Erosion -> Sediment -> Cementation and Compaction -> Sedimentary Rock -> Heat and Pressure -> Metamorphic Rock -> Melt -> Magma
What is rock cycle