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EarthQuakes
Continental Drift
Plate Tectonics
Deforming Crust
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100
What property is demonstrated in a cup of hot chocolate?
What is Thermal Conductivity?
100
What is the name of the ONE Landmass that Earth once had?
What is Pangaea?
100
What do landforms of planet Earth float upon?
What is Tectonic Plates?
100
What is Uplift?
What is the rising up of the land?
100
What country had an 8.8 Earthquake this month?
What is Chile?
200
What is an Epicenter?
What is the place on the Earth's Surface directly above the center of an Earthquake?
200
What geologic structure is found near the center of the Atlantic Ocean?
What is Mid-Ocean Ridge?
200
What is a Divergent Boundary?
What is where two plates move away from each other?
200
What is a Reverse Fault?
What is when the Hanging Fault moves up?
200
Why do building fall during Earthquakes?
What is Ground Shaking?
300
What wave can travel over water as a result of an Earthquake?
What is Tusnami?
300
What causes Continents to move?
What is sea-floor spreading and subduction?
300
What is a Convergent Boundary?
What is when two plates collide?
300
What is Tension?
What is the pulling apart of a rock layer?
300
How can scientists tell if plates are moving?
What is place GPS sensors on the fault/plates and measure differences over time?
400
What is Liquidfaction?
What is the shaking of the ground causes buildings to sink?
400
Where is the younger crust found, near the Continents or near the Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
What is Mid-Atlantic Ridge?
400
What is a Transform Boundary?
What is two plates moving horizontally past each other?
400
What caused the Folded Mountains?
What is convergence that squeezed and lifted layers of rock?
400
What causes fires after an Earthquake?
What are broken gas lines and broken warter lines?
500
What is the difference between P-Waves and S-Waves?
What is P-Waves move at the speed of sound and are the first waves; S-Waves move slower and can bend?
500
What causes magnetic reversals?
What is Scientists don't know?
500
What are the 3 driving forces of Plate Tectonics?
What are: Ridge Push, Slab Pull, & Convection?
500
What is a Rift Zone?
What is a deep crack at a fault?
500
How can Scientists predict the coming of an Earthquake?
What is GPS sensors not moving on a faultline?