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Earth's Layers
Earth's Moving Crust
Earthquakes
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What idea thought that earth was millions of years old due to the fact that Natural processes have always happened at the same rate?
Uniformitarianism
100
Who developed the hypothesis of continental drift?
Alfred Wegener
100
Name the thing that an earthquake can do to the water.
Tsunami
100
What comes out of a Volcano?
Lava
100
What big event happened long ago that "broke up the continents?"
The Flood
200
The outer core is a ___ and the inner core is a ___.
Liquid and Solid
200
What had a theory that states earth's lithosphere is broken into large slabs of rock and moves because of the action of convection currents that are created by the heating and cooling of the magma in the mantle.
Tectonic Plates.
200
What are the three kinds of faults?
Normal fault, reverse fault, and strike-slip fault.
200
Name something that is affected on earth from a volcano eruption.
It produces pyroclastic flow which is a deadly gas, A lahar which quickly erupts on the snow and water causing torrents of water mud and debris, and burns things if close or on.
200
How is Seafloor Spreading made?
From Lava erupting at the spreading center.
300
Describe one major fact about each of these three things: The Core, mantle, and crust.
Possible answers for Core: Composed of a solid inner core, has a liquid outer core, the inner core is mostly iron, the outer core is iron and nickle.


Possible answers for Mantle: A very thick layer of mostly solid rock composed mainly of oxygen, silicon, and magnesium

Possible answers of Crust: The crust is composed of the elements oxygen, silicon, and aluminum.

300
What are the three kinds of boundaries.
Divergent, Convergent, and Transform Boundaries.
300
Name the three kinds of earthquake waves.
P-waves, S-waves, and L-waves
300
If a crater and the land around it collapse after an eruption, a large depression called a ___ forms.
A Caldera
300
How many major tectonic plates are there?
Answer: 7
400
What is the lithosphere joined with and what is the asthenosphere joined with.
The lithosphere is joined with the crust and the asthenosphere is a partially molten section of the mantle.
400
These _____ believe that the violent events during the Flood and geological changes since the Flood might explain how Earth's plates could have moved apart much more quickly.
Scientists
400
What are the three kinds of forces?
Compression Force, Tension Force, and Shear Force
400
What are the three kinds of volcanoes?
Cinder Cone, Composite, and Shield
400
About how thick is earth's outer core?
2200 km or 1375 Miles
500
What is the density of oceanic crust and continental crust?
Oceanic crust is 2.7 g/cm3


Continental crust is 3.3 g/cm3

500
Oceanic crust formed during a period of normal ______.
polar orientation
500
What kind of earthquake is a 6.5.
A Ruinous earthquake
500
What are Five parts of a volcano?
Vent, Crater, Parasitic Cone, Branch Pipe, Magma Chamber, Conduit Pipe, Side Vent, Throat, and Lava Flow
500
What are the two deadly gases that help make up a pyroclastic flow?
Sulfur Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide