Planet earth
What sphere contains all the living things on earth?
Biosphere
what is the outer most layer of earth?
The crust
what is an atom and what subatomic particles make it up?
An atom makes up all matter, Neutron, proton, electron.
What are sedimentary rock and how are the formed?
Accumulation of sediments and organic matter.
What is the process of creating a mountain?
Mountains are made through a process of orogenesis. Deformation, jointing, faulting, partial melting, and foliation, metamorphism, glacialation, erosion, sedimentation
What is science denialism?
When scientific theories are denied because of personal beliefs.
Meteorologist who created the idea of continental drift (pangea)
what is a mineral and what are the five requirements that makes it a mineral?
A mineral is something that is naturally occurring, organic, solid, definite chemical composition, and has an internalized structure.
What are examples of chemical, organic, biochemical, and clastic sedimentary rocks?
Chemical: Rocksalt
Organic:Coal
Biochemical: Limestone
Clastic:Breccia
what is deformation?
Changes in the characteristics of the rock
What is the scientific method?
a systematic approach to investigating phenomena, involving observation, forming hypotheses, conducting experiments, analyzing data, and drawing conclusions to establish facts through testing and experimentation.
What are the three types of plate boundaries and it's stress?
Divergent: Tensional
Convergent: Compressional
Transform: Shear
what is an igneous rock and how is it formed?
Where do biochemical sedimentary rocks form?
Continental shelves and coral reefs
what is a fault and what are the different types of faults?
Planar fracture that shows offset. Normal, reverse, trust, and strike slip.
Name all of the different spheres that make up earth.
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Biosphere
Who is Marie Tharp?
Geologist who discovered evidence of continental drift (pangea)
what is a volcano and what are the two different textures lava flows?
A volcano is a mountain constructed of molten rock. Two textures of lava flows are Pahoehoe and A ah.
What are metamorphic rocks, how are they formed, and how can you categorize their grades?
Rocks the have gone through solid state alteration. Index materials are used to determine the grade of a metamorphic rock.
what are the hypocenter and epicenter?
The hypocenter is where the fault occurred and the epicenter is the land directly above the hypocenter.
How do geologists study earth?
Through technology, chemistry, physics, biology, engineering, computer science.
Why is the outer core so important?
Protects all living things from massive amounts of radiation.
what are the different hazards that are associated with volcanos?
Pyroclastic flows, landslides, ash and lapilli, blast, lahars, tsunamis, and gasses.
what are the different types of stress associated with forming metamorphic rocks?
Normal stress
Convergent: Compressional
Transform: Shear
Divergent: Tensional
Can we predict earthquakes on short time scales or long time scales?
We cannot predict earthquakes in the short term but we can predict them long term.