This type of boundary generally causes earthquakes
What is transformed boundary
200
What type of volcano looks like an ant hill?
What is a cinder cone
200
How much of Earth's surface is covered in water?
What is 75%
200
List 4 types of precipitation
What are Rain, Snow, Sleet, and Hail
300
What two metals make up the earth's core?
What is Iron and Nickle
300
Convergent boundaries are generally responsible for creating _________________
What are mountains
300
The location where most volcanoes exist is known as the ___________ of ___________.
What is ring of fire
300
Most of earth's fresh water resides in this location.
What is Ice
300
Plants often give off water. What is this known as/
What is Transpiration
400
What happens to temperature as you get closer to the core?
What is the temperature rises
400
The theory that all the plates float around is known as the theory of ____________________.
What is Continental Drift
400
These wide short volcanoes that ooze lava, are often find on the Hawaiian Islands.
What are Shield Volcanoes
400
What is special about the swap/wetland reservoir of water?
What is many of them are made up of both salt and fresh water.
400
After it rains, water has to make its way back to the ocean. As it moves across the ground, headed for rivers, streams and lakes, this movement across the ground is known as...
What is runoff
500
Why is the inner core a solid?
What is the large amount of pressure squeezes it together into a solid
500
List at least 2 pieces of evidence explaining how we know Pangea once existed.
What is continents fit like a puzzle: similar animal and plant fossils on multiple continents; similar soil composition on different continents: we can measure the plates moving currently etc.
500
Hawaii is not near any plate boundaries, what creates the volcanoes on the islands?
What is a hot spot
500
List the 5 main bodies types of fresh water on the planet.
What are Ice, Lakes, Rivers, Aquifer, and Groundwater
500
What makes water vapor being to condensate (create clouds)?
What is the cold air makes the gas turn into a liquid.