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Earthquakes
Weather
Minerals and Rocks
Plate Tectonics
Energy and Change
100
a sudden movement of blocks of rocks
What causes an earthquake?
100
air pressure
The movement of air molecules causes what?
100
A mineral
A crystal structure is characteristic of _____.
100
The mantle
What is the thickest layer of hot rock in the earth called?
100
radiation
Energy from the Sun travels to Earth as...
200
Seismic waves
How do earthquakes release energy?
200
precipitation
Any type of liquid or solid water that falls to Earth's surface is called.........
200
Increase in size
The rock cycle shows how rocks continually.........
200
move apart
A mid-ocean ridge forms where plates ______.
200
chemical energy
Which type of energy is stored in food?
300
Near the epicenter
Most damage from an earthquake usually occurs........
300
Low pressure
Over short distances wind blows toward areas of....
300
features of rocks and relationships among the rocks
The term "geologic structure" refers to____.
300
Transform boundary
Where is crust neither formed or destroyed?
300
Energy can not travel through empty space by conduction because conduction requires direct contact between objects.
Why can't energy travel by conduction through empty space?
400
three
To locate the epicenter of an earthquake scientist need seismographs from at least _____ seismic stations
400
high altitude
Clouds made of ice crystals form under conditions of...
400
chemical weathering
The breakdown of rock by acidic water is an example of...
400
The cooler, denser plate sinks
What happens when two oceanic plates meet
400
electromagnetic
which type of energy includes visible light, X-rays, and microwave?
500
surface waves
The sesmic waves that usually cause the most damage are?
500
light winds
The doldrums and the horse latitudes are both regions of...
500
extrusive igneous
What kind of rock forms by recrystallization?
500
He could not explain how the continents moved.
Why did many scientists reject Wegener's continental drift hypothesis?
500
Heat is the total energy of the motion of particles in an object. Temperature is the average energy of the motion of particles in an object.
What is the difference between heat and temperature?