Intro to Earth Science
Features of the Earth
Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
100
Study of the earth
What is geology
100
the outermost layer
What is crust
100
earths continents drifting away
What is continental drift
100
where plates fault
What is focus
100
structure moving magma to surface
What is volcanoes
200
study of the earths ocean
What is oceanography
200
semi liquid layer
What is mantle
200
all continents combined
What is pangaea
200
measures seismic waves
What is seismic graph
200
opening where magma erupts on surface
What is vent
300
study of the earths atmosphere
What is meteorology
300
iron layer under mantle
What is outer core
300
mountain chained formed from seafloor spreading
What is mid ocean ridge
300
measurement of energy
What is magnitude
300
molten rock under the earth
What is magma
400
study of space
What is astronomy
400
innermost layer
What is inner core
400
the moving apart of oceanic crust
What is seafloor spreading
400
places where plates move under stress
What is fault zones
400
magma beginning to cool
What is lava
500
a prediction based on observation and logic
What is hypothesis
500
the spinning of the earth on its axis
What is rotation
500
thin, dense crust found on ocean floor
What is oceanic crust
500
region in pacific ocean where many earthquakes occur
What is ring of fire
500
where one plate moves under the other
What is subduction