Scientific Method
Educated guess
hypothesis
What is the outermost layer of the earth ?
Crust
The ring of fire, where many earthquakes occur, is located around, the rime of each ocean?
Atlantic
When it reaches the surface magma is called
lava
Who proposed the idea of the continental drift?
Alfred Wegner
The summary at the end of the experiment that explains the results
conclusion
North America consists of two types of crust
oceanic and continental
The point within the earth where the earthquake originates
Focus
What is a hot spot?
heated areas coming from the earths mantle
What is the name of the supercontinent?
Pangea
What is the first step of the scientific method?
Problem
What is the inner core made of ?
Iron and nickle
The scale , which is numbered from 1 to 10, that measures the strength or magnitude of an earth quake
Richter Scale
Major area in the Pacific oceans where earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
What is ring of fire
When completing the continental drift activity, What artifact did you use to piece together the continents.
Fossils
What is the correct order for the scientific method?
Problem,Research, Hypothesis, Experiment,Results, Conclusion
What layer is semisolid and acts like a plastic?
What is the asthenosphere?
Energy from the earthquakes is sent out in
seismic waves
What type of volcano has a steep slope made of alternating layers of ash and silica rich lava?
Composite volcanoe
How long ago did Pangea begin to break apart?
200 million years
Facts and information
Data
The lithosphere combine to make what two layers?
crust and upper mantle
What kind of wave arrive at seismic stations first
S ( secondary)
Name the four types of volcanoes
Stratovolcano, Cinder Cone , Caldera, & Shield
This is a place where two plates slide past each other moving pasteach other, moving in opposite direction is known as
transform boundary