A Meteorologist who developed the theory of continental drift. Theory was not supported until after his death. Used Fossil evidence and pieced together continents such as South America and Africa
Who is Alfred Wegener?
100
The theory that as plates move past each other they begin to bend from stress build-up. Eventually the stress is released, causing the plates to snap back into their original shape, causing an earthquake.
What is the Elastic Rebound Theory?
100
What year did Mount St. Helens erupt in an episode that killed 57 people and wiped out all life in a surrounding forest?
What is 1980?
100
Felsic Igneous rock are usually what color?
What is pink?
200
The Earth is this, due to its rotation, stretching at the equator.
What is an Oblate Spheroid?
200
Superocean surrounding Pangaea 200 million years ago
What is Panthalassa?
200
Waves that move by distorting the rock from one side to the other. The slower of the two.
What are S waves?
200
Mount St. Helens was this type of volcano, which is tall, steep, and mountainous.
What is a Stratovolcano (Composite)?
200
What is it called when a metamorphic rock has stripes or bands around it?
What is gneissic banding?
300
The Outer Core is this, due to more heat than pressure.
What is liquid?
300
The crust and upper part of the mantle
What is the Lithosphere?
300
Waves that move by stretching and squeezing the rock. The faster of the two.
What are P waves?
300
A fluid’s ability to resist flow
What is viscosity?
300
Obsidian is this kind of igneous rock
What is felsic?
400
Value of the data that separates high and low values
What is the Median?
400
Molten rock that moves the tectonic plates above
What is the Asthenosphere?
400
The point where the movement first started during an earthquake in a fault.
What is the hypocenter?
400
What type of volcano has low viscosity lava and a low gas content?
What is a shield volcano?
400
Silicates contain at least these two elements
What is Silicon (Si) and Oxygen (O)
500
Numerical Middle Point of the data
What is the Average (Mean)?
500
The name for the band of active volcanoes that surround the Pacific Ocean
What is The Ring of Fire?
500
(decode from roman numerals) MMXIV
What is 2014? Trololololololololololololol
500
A cinder cone volcano like Parícutin erupts this many times in its lifetime
What is once?
500
Vitreous means a mineral has this kind of appearance