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Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Pollution
Energy Sources
Impact on Lithosphere
100
This is the name of the giant landmass before the continents separated
What is Pangea
100
This is the point inside of the earth's crust where earthquakes begin
What is the focus
100
This is the gas emitted when burning fossil fuels
What is C02
100
This is the process used to obtain natural gas by pumping large amounts of water and chemicals into the ground
What is hydrofracking
100
A systematic approach to deciding which crop to plant from one year to the next in order to help keep the soil fertile.
What is crop rotation
200
Plate boundaries that slide past each other
What is a transform boundary
200
This is the device used to measure the waves created by earthquakes
What is a seismograph
200
This is the part of the atmosphere where the ozone layer is located
What is the stratosphere
200
Which of the following energy types uses energy from the sun
What is solar energy
200
This type of mining is the most destruction to the ecosytem
What is strip mining
300
This plate boundary is when two plates move towards each other
What is a divergent plate boundary
300
This is the name of the volcanic belt that is found in the Pacific Ocean
What is the Ring of Fire
300
This type of renewable source of energy does not create air pollution
What is nuclear energy
300
Which of the following fossil fuels type is the cleanest to burn
What is natural gas
300
This is a structure created used to store water and can also be used to generate electricity
What is a dam
400
This plate boundary creates trenches
What is oceanic-oceanic plate boundary
400
This is the most dangerous part of a volcanic eruption
What is the pyroclastic flow
400
This is responsible for creating holes in the ozone layer
What are aerosols
400
Which of the following gets energy from splitting atoms
What is nuclear fission
400
This process can increase erosion near coastal areas
What is shoreline development and stabilization
500
This plate boundary movement creates structures such as mountains
What is continental-continental convergent boundary
500
The difference in the arrival time of P-waves and S-waves can give us this type of information about earthquakes
What is the distance the seismograph is from the epicenter
500
A type of microclimate where a city is hotter than its surrounding area due the larger amounts of buildings and asphalt
What is a heat island
500
The Hoover Dam uses water from this river
What is the Hoover Dam
500
Which of the following human processes that we talked about is done in order to create raw materials for clothing
What is overgrazing