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Earth`s Interior and Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes and Volcanoes
Minerals and Rocks
Weathering and Erosion
Miscellaneous
100
The topmost layer of Earth
What is Crust
100
The exact point inside Earth where an earthquake originates
What is focus
100
The materials all rocks are made of
What are minerals.
100
a process where Earth's surface is loosened, dissolved, or worn away and moved to another place by natural means.
What is erosion.
100
the largest type of cave in the world caused by water erosion.
What is a limestone cave
200
The theory that Earth`s surface is made up of large moving plates
What is Continental Drift
200
The three waves that earthquakes generate
What is longitudinal, transverse, and surface waves
200
The three basic types of rocks
What is igneous, sedimentary, metamorphic
200
the process where rocks break into smaller pieces but their chemical composition stay the same.
What is physical weathering.
200
the tallest mountain range in North America.
What are the Rocky Mountains.
300
The radioactive isotope located in Earth`s interior
What is uranium, thorium, potassium
300
The most abundant volcanoes with violent eruptions
What is a cinder cone
300
The process by which rocks are broken down
What is weathering
300
The different ways erosion can occur.
What is water, oceans, glaciers, and wind.
300
a community where plants and animals live together in a region.
What is a biome.
400
Mountain ranges at divergent boundaries in oceanic crust
What is mid-oceanic ridges
400
Mushroom-shaped trails of rock where hot spots occur
What is mantle plumes
400
Rock composed of rounded, pebble-sized fragments of weathered rock
What is conglomerate rock
400
a process where rocks disintegrate through chemical means.
What is chemical weathering.
400
cracks are eroded by water, ice, and wind until narrow free-standing rock formations form.
What are fins.
500
The boundary where rocks move horizontally at faults
What is transform fault boundary
500
The boundaries where most volcanoes occur
What is convergent plate boundaries
500
The principle stating that if there is no disturbance of the rock layers then the oldest layer will be on the bottom and the youngest on top
What is the principle of superposition
500
the process where minerals are transported to lower layers of rock.
What is leaching.
500
The amount of Earth covered by water.
What is 71%.