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Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
This is the Study of the Earth's Oceans.
What is Oceanography.
100
The theory that the earths continents have drifted apart through time.
What is Continental Drift.
100
A massive wave created from an earthquake on the ocean floor.
What is a Tsunami.
100
This is molten rock found under the surface of the earth.
What is Magma.
100
This is the color of a mineral in powdered form.
What is Streak.
200
This is the study of the Solid Earth.
What is Geology.
200
The thin, dense crust found on the ocean floor.
What is Oceanic Crust.
200
This is a device which measures seismic waves.
What is a Seismograph.
200
This is any structure which moves magma to the earth's surface.
What is a Volcano
200
This is the measure of the ability of a mineral to be scratched.
What is Hardness.
300
This is using senses to analyze an event.
What is Observation.
300
The proposed supercontinent 200 million years ago.
What is Pangea.
300
The amount of damage caused by an earthquake.
What is Intensity.
300
This is the opening which magma erupts on the surface.
What is Vent.
300
This is when a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surfaces.
What is Cleavage.
400
The imaginary line which the earth spins upon.
What is the Axis.
400
The thick, light crust found on land.
What is Continental Crust.
400
These are the regions where plates under stress move apart.
What are Fault Zones.
400
This is the thinnest of all pyroclasts.
What is Volcanic Dust
400
This Scale shows 1-10 on softnest and hardness of minerals.
What is The Mohs Hardness Scale
500
This is the imaginary lines which run horizontally across the earth to distinguish location on earth.
What is Latitude.
500
This is where two plates slide past one another.
What is Transform Boundary.
500
The measurement of energy in seismic waves.
What is Magnitude.
500
This is BB or Marble sized particles of rock.
What is Lapilli.
500
This is the ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light.
What is Fluorescence.