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Intro To Earth Science
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanos
Rocks Minerals
100
Rotation
What is the term for the earth spinning on it axis
100
Divergent Boundary
What is the term for plates that move away from one another
100
Ring of Fire
What is then name of the region bordering the Pacific Ocean that accounts for 80% of all the earthquakes
100
Lava
What is the name of the melted rock located above the earths surface
100
Silicate
What is the name of a mineral that contains silicon and oxygen
200
Revolution
What is the term used for when the Earth travels around the sun
200
Continental-Continental Convergent Boundary
What is the term of when 2 continents collide and form mountains
200
Richter Scale
What is the name of the scale that measure the size of seismic waves from 1-10
200
Magma
What is the name of melted rock located below the earths surface
200
Streak
What is the color of a mineral in powder form
300
Oblate Spheroid
What is the shape of the Earth
300
Mid-Ocean Ridges
What is the name of the underwater mountain range that occurs from sea floor spreading
300
Tsunami
What is a massive wave produced from earthquakes on the ocean floor
300
Mt. St. Helens
What is the name of the volcano that erupted in Washington State
300
Cleavage
What is it called when minerals break along smooth flat surfaces
400
Crust
What is the outermost layer consisted of mostly solid material
400
Pangaea
What is a super continent that existed 200 million years ago
400
Epicenter
What is the point on the surface directly above the focus point of the earthquake
400
Composite
What kind of volcano was Mt. St. Helens
400
Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic
What are the three main types of rocks
500
Theory
What is a conclusion supported by observations and conclusions
500
Panthalassa
What is the name of a super ocean that surrounded Pangaea 200 million years ago
500
Faults Zones
What is the name for cracks that occur when 2 plates mover past each other
500
Mafic
What is runny lava called
500
Igneous
What rock is formed by the cooling and crystallization of magma