Solar System
Approximately 13.7 billion years ago the universe began
What is the Big Bang Theory?
The study of volcanoes
What is volcanology?
two plates sliding past each other
What is a transform boundary?
Natural events that cause a large number of destruction to societies.
What are natural hazards
Display of light received from objects moving away from Earth
What is a “Red Shift”?
Used to measure ground motions activity caused by volcanic eruptions
What is a seismometer?
two plates moving apart from each other
What is a divergent boundary?
Caused by the collision of tectonic plates under the water
What are tsunamis?
The movement of an observer relative to a source (or vice versa) causes a change in wavelength or frequency
What is the doppler effect?
Tracks the pressure and temperature conditions at which rocks are completely melted or liquid
What is liquidus?
Mid ocean ridge located in the Atlantic ocean
What is the Mid-Atlantic ridge?
The natural disaster that hit Japan in 2011
What is the Tohoku earthquake?
Type of stony meteorite
What is Chondrite?
This process is common at Mid-ocean ridges and hotspots
What is decompression melting?
Zones that can lead to the formation of mountains/ mountain range
What are collision zones?
the movement of a mass of rock, debris, or earth down a slope
What are landslides?
American Astronomer who claimed the universe was expanding.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
Erupted in the Philippines in 1991
What is Mount Pinatubo?
Crust and mantle of the Earth, colder than1200oC
What is the lithosphere?
Category 4 hurricane that made landfall in the Texas and Louisiana in 2017
What is hurricane Harvey?