what is the difference between a seismograph and a seismogram
What is a seismograph records vibrations in the ground and a seismogram is the tracing of earthquake motion that is recorded by a seismograph
100
what is the definition of astronomy?
What is the scientific study of the universe
100
what is condensation?
what is the change of state from a liquid to a gas.
100
what are the THREE (3) types of rock
What is IGNEOUS, SEDIMENTARY, and METAMORPHIC rock
100
what are the three layers inside of earths interior?
What is crust, mantle, and core.
200
what is a magnitude?
What is the measure of the strength of an earthquake
200
how long does 1 complete revolution take?
it takes 1 year
200
is precipitation the 2nd or 3rd major process of the water cycle
What is the 3rd major process
200
does non-foliated rocks have bands or aligned minerals?
A.)yes
B.) no
What is no they do not
200
what is an ecosystem?
What is a community of living things and their environment.
300
what is a fault?
What is a break in a body of rock?
300
which 2 spacecrafts were launched into space in 1977?
A.)voyager1 and the Galileo
B.)voyager1 and voyager2
C.)the Gomez and the nina Maria
D.)the georgia and the beauty
what is B.) the voyager 1 and voyager 2
300
what is a tributary?
What is a stream that flows into a lake or a larger stream.
300
igneous rock that forms on earths surface are called....
A.) tuff
B.)compaction
C.)lava plateau
D.) extrusions
What is extrusions
300
what is a food chain?
What is the sequence in which living things consume other living things.
400
what is the difference between a surface wave and a body wave?
body waves are waves that travel through the body of a medium and surface waves travel through the surface of a body of a rather than through the middle
400
what is rotation
What is the spin of a body on its axis
400
what is a watershed?
What is the area of land that is drained by a river system
400
which type of metamorphism occurs over a large area?
A.)contact metamorphism
B.) metamorphism
C.)earth metamorphism
D.)regional metamorphism
What is D.) regional metamorphism
400
What is hydrosphere?
What is the portion of the earth that water is.
500
what 2 names are S-WAVES known as and how fast is its seismic waves
What is secondary waves and shear waves. they are the second-fastest seismic waves
500
what is a galaxy?
What is a large collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
500
what is discharge?
What is the volume of water moved by a stream in a given time period.
500
give me at least 2 types of sedimentary rock.
What is organic sedimentary, chemical sedimentary, and clastic sedimentary
500
what is atmosphere?
What is the mixture of gas that surrounds a planet.