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Earths Moving Plates
plate tectonics a unifining theory
earthquakes
Volcanoes
how plate tectonics affect california
100
a volcano is a place where molten rock, hot gasses, and solid rock erupt through an opening
What is volcanoe
100
is the central part of earth
What is core
100
are breaks, or crack, in the lythosphere along which movements take place
What is a fault
100
is a never ending cycle of a rock changing
What is rock cycle
100
lythosephereic plate that concludes all of North America on it.
What is North American Plate
200
an earthquake is when the ground starts to shake because the plates are movin and shifting
What is earthquake
200
molten rock inside a volcano
What is magma
200
is the point below the surface of earth where where an earthquake begins
What is focus
200
mad up of maintanly small rock particals
What is cinder cone volcano
200
is a crack in the earths crust.
What is San Adreas Fault
300
one single landmass or "super continent"
What is pangea
300
is the countiinous circular patter of matireals as they are heated and cooled
What is convective flow
300
is a way of using infromation from at least three seismographs stations to find the location of the epicenter
What is triangulation
300
is a rewgion of volcanic activity
What is hot spot
300
is an are of low land boardered by the sierra nevada to the east of the Coast Ranges.
What is Central Valley
400
the idea that a past supercontnent split apart into peices ,which drifted over time to their present locations
What is continetal drift
400
a process that occurs when tectonics plates converge and one plate sinks or slides under the other.
What is subduction
400
is a set of numbersused to describe the magnitude of an earthquake
What is richter scale
400
is a zone of frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions
What is Ring Of Fire
400
is a depression lying between the transverse and the peninsular ranges
What is Los Angeles Basin
500
is a scientist who studies earths orgin
What is geoglist
500
is a vibration that travles through earth
What is seismic wave
500
tells what people feel and observe when an earthquake occurs
What is mercalli scale
500
is a fountain of hot water and steam that shoots into the air at regular or inregular speed intervales.
What is geyser
500
is a range in the tansverse ranges where thick rock layers of rock matireal have accumulated
What is Ventura Basin