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Plate Tectonics
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Energy Resources
Material Resources
100
the two types of crust are continental and oceanic
What is the two types of crust
100
movements or shaking of the ground that happen when blocks of rock move suddenly and release energy
What are Earthquakes
100
a vent or fissure in Earth's surface through which melted rock and gases pass
What are volcanoes
100
natural resources that humans use to generate energy
What are energy resources
100
any natural material that is used by humans
What is a natural resource
200
the part in Earth's center
What is the core
200
the sudden return of elastically deformed rock to its original shape
What is elastic rebound
200
the several processes cause rock to melt at lower-crustal or upper-mantle depths
What is magma
200
a non-renewable energy resource that forms from the remains of plants and animals that lived long ago
What is a fossil fuel
200
a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resourced is used
What is a renewable resource
300
the dense;thick middle layer
What is the mantle
300
the material when the magma reaches Earth's surface
What is lava
300
a liquid mixture of complex hydrocarbon compounds
What is petroleum
300
a resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate at which it was used
What is a nonrenewable resource
400
Earth's outer layer
What is the lithosphere
400
energy that travels through rock
What is seismic waves
400
a term that describes magma, lava, and rock
What is mafic
400
a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons
What is natural gas
400
the process of recovering materials from waste or scrap
What is recycling
500
the idea that a single large landmass broke up into smaller landmasses to form the continents, which then drifted to their present locations
What is continental drift
500
the point on Earth's surface directly above an earthquake's starting point
What is an epicenter
500
the term that is used to describe magma, lava, and rocks that are rich in silica and feldspars
What is felsic
500
a fossil fuel that forms underground from partially decomposed plant material
What is coal
500
a naturally formed, usually inorganic solid that has a crystalline structure
What is a mineral