Earthquakes
Which is faster traveling P-waves or S-waves?
P-waves.
Is the continental crust thicker or thinner than the oceanic crust?
The continental crust is thicker.
When two plates move side by side with each other resulting in frequent earthquakes
What are transform plate boundaries?
This is the type of plate boundary that is between South American plate and the Nazca Plate
What are convergent boundaries?
Name the only state that ends in K
What is New York?
What can P-waves travel through?
Solid, liquid and gasses.
Is the outer core solid or liquid?
Liquid.
When two plates are moving away from each other
What are Divergent Plate Boundaries?
This is the type of plate boundary between the Pacific Plate and Antarctic Plate
What are divergent plate boundaries?
Who is the Vice President?
Who is
How do you find the location of an epicenter? List the steps.
By using at least three seismograph locations and finding where they all intersect.
What layer can S-waves not travel through?
The liquid outer core.
When two lithospheric plates come together
What are convergent boundaries?
What is the density of the continental crust?
2.7 g/cm3
if you put the 50 states in alphabetical order, this would be the last state
What is Wyoming?
Where do most Earthquakes occur?
Along plate boundaries.
What is the layer of rock that forms the outer shell at the top of Earth’s interior
The lithosphere.
A mid-ocean ridge that runs the length of the Atlantic
What is the Mid Atlantic Ridge?
What is the temperature at the boundary between the Stiffer Mantel and Outer Core?
5000oC
A cube has this many straight edges
What is 12?
What scientific instrument measures earthquake waves?
Seismograph.
What is the upper portion of the lithosphere
Earth's crust.
Name of the scientist who proposed the radical hypothesis of Continental Drift?
Who is Alfred Wegener?
What is the distance to the epicenter if the arrival time difference is 6 minutes 40 seconds.
4,800 - 5,200 km
Which animal can be seen on the Porsche logo?
Horse