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Intro/Feature/Location
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Minerals
100
Branches of Earth science, Four Branches
What is Geology, Oceanography,Meteorology,Astronomy
100
Thick, light crust found on land.
What is Continental Crust.
100
The measurement of energy in seismic waves.
What is Magnitude.
100
Molen rock found under the surface of the earth
What is Magma
100
Ability of a mineral to glow or change color under UV light.
What is Flourescence.
200
Imaginary lines which run horizontally (East to West) across the earth to distinguish location on earth.
What is latitude.
200
The theory that the earths continents have drifted apart through time
What is Continental Drift
200
A region surrounding the Pacific Ocean where the majority of the earth's earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
What is the Ring of Fire.
200
BB or Marble sized particles or rock.
What is Lapilli.
200
Characteristics of having regular geomatric shapes.
What is Crystal.
300
Four layers of the earth.
What is crust, mantle, outer core, & inner core.
300
Deep feature that forms subduction zone
What is Ocean trench
300
The straighteningof the plates after plates under stress snap, the cause of the majority of seismic waves.
What is Elastic Rebound Theory.
300
A feature produced when the vent of a volcanoe is blown apart during an eruption
What is a Crater
300
When a mineral breaks along smooth, flat surfaces.
What is Cleavage.
400
A conclusion to a scientific inquiry (question) which CAN be proven.
What is Scientific Law.
400
The movement of heat through the asthenosphere which causes plates above to move
What is Convection current
400
Regions where plates under stress move apart.
What is Fault Zones.
400
Large, wide, short volcanoes which produce runny Mafic Lava
What is Shield volcanoes
400
1-10 scales, softest - hardest.
What is Mohs Hardness Scale.
500
A map which shows the earth with true direction (Great distortion at the poles)
What is Mercator Projection.
500
Where two plates move toward each other.
What is Convergent Boundary.
500
A device which measures seismic waves.
What is Seismograph.
500
Mafic lava whch cools quickly and produces a jagged texture
What is Aa
500
Non-living, a must for all substances to be minerals.
What is Inorganic.