The scienfitic study of earthquakes and seismic waves
What is seismology
100
Molten rock that reaches the Earth's surface
What is Lava
100
A model that describes the movement of water through the reservoirs of the Earth system.
What is The Hydrologic Cycle
100
Earth science is the scientific study of?
What is all aspects of Earth
100
The decomposition of rocks and minerals by chemical and biochemical reactions
What is Chemical Weathering
200
A sudden motion in Earth caused by the abrupt release of slowly accumulated energy.
What is a(n) Earthquake
200
A vent through which magma, rock debris, volcanic ash, and gases erupt from Earth's crust to its surface
What is a Volcano
200
The process by which water changes from a liquid to a vapor
What is Evaporation
200
A subset of the Earth system that comprises all of its bodies of water and ice, both on the surface and underground.
What is the Hydrosphere
200
Partially decayed organic matter in soil.
*Hint* it has the same name as a food.
What is Humus
300
At which type of plate boundary have the largest recorded earthquakes occurred?
What are Subduction Zone Boundaries
300
A volcano composed of solidified lava flows interlayed with pyroclastic material, generally of andesitic or rhyolitic composition. These volcanos have steep sides that curve upward.
What is a Stratovolcano
300
An underground reservoir of water that is overlain by impermeable rock units.
What is a Confined Aquifer
300
A resource that can be replenished or regenerated on the scale of a human lifetime
What is a Renewable Resource
300
Rocks that break down into solid fragments by physical processes and DO NOT change the rock's chemical composition
What is Mechanical Weathering
400
Which waves are like sound waves and can pass though solids, liquids, and gases?
What are P Waves
400
Which type of eruption consist of low-viscosity lava that flows easily from a volcanic vent?
What is a Hawaiian Eruption
400
These will form in streams when there is a low slope gradient and large with variable sediment load.
What are Braided Channels
400
What NONRENEWABLE resource is highly coveted and something we all need for daily life?
What is Oil
400
The downslope movement of regolith and/or bedrock masses due to the pull of gravity
What is Mass Wasting
500
A magnitude 8 earthquake releases approximately how many times more energy than a magnitude 7?
What is 31.5 times more
500
The three most common types of magma are?
What is rhyolitic, andesitic, and basaltic
500
The total area from which water flows into a stream.
What is a Drainage Basin
500
Name all the planets, in order including the sun.
What is Sun, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.
500
Between marble and granite, which is more likely to weather at a FASTER rate?