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Intro to Earth Science
Plate Tectonics
Earthquak-es
Volcanoes
Rocks and Minerals
100
Geology, oceanography, astronomy, meteorology
What are the branches of study?
100
Alfred Wegener
Who was responsible for creating the theory of continental drift?
100
Convergent or transform boundaries build up stress and release energy it has stored.
What is the cause of earthquakes?
100
The tube inside the volcano that magma flows through
What is the conduit?
100
Squeezing and pressing sediment together
What is compaction?
200
State a hypothesis
What is the third step in the scientific method?
200
Shape of coastlines that fit together, or how similar fossils are found on shorelines of different continents
What is one piece of evidence that supports continental drift?
200
It is the region that surrounds the Pacific Ocean where about 80% of all earth's earthquakes occur here.
What is the Ring of Fire?
200
Pahoehoe and AA
What are the two types Mafic Lava?
200
Heat and pressure morphs the rock
What is the process that forms the metamorphic rock?
300
Rotation means spinning on an axis, revolution means the earth moving around the sun
What is the difference between rotation and revolution?
300
Underwater chains of mountains that are formed by sea floor spreading
What is a mid-ocean ridge?
300
The Epicenter is right above the Hypocenter.
How do the Epicenter relate to the Hypocenter?
300
Shield, Cinder Cone, Composite
What are the three types volcanoes?
400
Longitude
What are the imaginary lines that run up and down?
400
Divergent, convergent, transform (in any order)
What are the three types of boundaries?
400
It is a device to record seismic waves.
What is a seismograph?
400
Subduction and hotspots
What causes volcanoes?
400
It means that it was formed with pieces of
What does organic mean?
500
Theories are unproven conclusions that are supported by an experiment and observation.
What is the definition of theory?
500
Pangaea means "All Earth", Panthalassa means "All Seas"
What does Pangaea mean and what does Panthalassa mean in Greek?
500
There are changes in elevation and changes in the water table.
What are ways to tell if an earthquake is coming?
500
Magma is melted rock under the earth and lava is melted rock on the surface of the earth
What is the difference between lava and magma?
500
They are solid, inorganic, natural occurring, orderly crystal structure, and same chemical composition.
What are the five characteristics that all minerals share?