Geology
an area on Earth where two or more plates collide. One plate eventually slides beneath the other, a process known as subduction
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Convergent plate boundary
person who came up with the Theory of Continental Drift
Alfred Wegener
Johannes Kepler discovered that planets orbit the sun in an oval shape, called this
Ellipse
Biology
Life
chart showing all of the known elements in the universe
Periodic table
locations where plates are moving away from one another. This occurs above rising convection currents.
Examples: mid-ocean ridge, seafloor spreading
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Divergent plate boundary
location directly above an earthquake on the Earth's surface; can be traced using the triangulation method
Epicenter
Kepler's 1st Law: all planets move in elliptical orbits, with the sun at one focus, is also known as this
Law of Orbits
Seismology
Earthquakes
a positively charged particle, found in the nucleus of an atom
Proton
the movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat
Convection
the sideways and downward movement of the edge of a plate of the earth's crust into the mantle beneath another plate
Subduction
Kepler's 2nd Law: A planet will sweep out the same area in the same amount of time in its orbit, is also known as this
Law of Equal Areas
Zoology
Animals
a neutrally charged particle, found in the nucleus of an atom
Neutron
type of plate boundary in which plates slide past one another, often causing Earthquakes
Transform plate boundary
Convection occurs in these two layers of the Earth
Outer Core and Mantle
Kepler's 3rd law describes the relationship between the average distance of a planet from the sun and the orbital period of the planet. It is also known as this
Law of Periods
Botany
Plants
a negatively charged particle, found in the outer valence shell of an atom
Electron
the Earth contains these two types of crust
Continental and Oceanic
this Law states that in an undisturbed sequence of layers of rocks, the younger layers lie on top of the older layers
Law of Superposition
the degree of elongation of an ellipse, or how circular it is
Perfect circle = 0
Eccentricity
Meteorology
Weather
The first element on the periodic table, represented by the letter "H"
Hydrogen