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Atmosphere
Meteorology
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Minerals & Rocks
100
Conduction is the transfer of thermal energy between objects in _____________
Contact
100
Weather is a ______ term variation in atmospheric phenomena.
Short term
100
The ring of fire can be found in this ocean
Pacific
100
What kind of damage can earthquakes produce?
Soil liquifaction/landslides/building collapse
100
Light-colored rocks with large crystals are typically called..
Granite/Granitic Rocks
200
Convection: The transfer of thermal energy by the _________ of heated material from one place to another.
Movement.
200
Weather satellites use what kinds of imagery to observe and monitor changing weather conditions?
infrared, visible light, or water vapor imagery to observe and monitor changing weather conditions.
200
What process causes magma to rise upward in the mantle?
Convection
200
Travel times for p-waves and S-waves enable us to pinpoint what?
Focus and epicenter of an earthquake.
200
Which cooling process forms large crystals?
Slowly cooling/intrusive
300
Orographic lifting occurs when warm, moist air is forced to rise up the side of a ..
Mountain
300
A rotating body that influences the motion of any object or fluid.
Coriolis effect
300
Basalt contains high amounts of...
IRON--rawr!
300
Where do most earthquakes occur?
Around seismic belts which are associated with plate boundaries.
300
The rock cycle includes three types of rocks, sedimentary, igneous and....
Metamorphic
400
What causes latent heat?
Energy released from Evaporation
400
The long-term average of an areas weather.
Climate
400
What determines the probability of an earthquake?
Tension built up in the area, and the history of earthquakes in that area.
400
Seismic waves make images of what?
Images of earth's interior.
400
Sediments are lithified into rock by compaction and...
cementation.
500
50% of solar energy directed toward earth penetrates directly to the surface...where does the rest of the solar energy go?
Back to space...reflected off of the atmosphere itself and clouds.
500
The mid-latitudes are greatly influenced by These
The jet streams
500
This makes the volcano sticky and makes it wanna go BOOM!
Silica
500
Porosity describes the rocks ability to absorb
Water