CHAPTER 6
What is Relative Dating?
Is the process of determining whether an object or event is older or younger than other objects or events
Name 3 layers of the Earth.
Crust, Mantle and Core.
What are earthquakes?
Earthquakes are vibrations caused by Earth movements at plate boundaries and at fault lines.
What are Volcanoes?
Volcanoes are areas of the Earth’s surface through which magma and volcanic gasses pass.
When is Maria Fernanda's Birthday?
16th of June
Is Relative Dating and exact method for dating fossils?
No
What are the 3 kinds of Plate Boundaries
Divergent Plate, Convergent Plate, and Transform Plate
Were do earthquakes occur?
Earthquakes occur at faults along plate-boundaries.
What is lava?
Magma that flows over the Earth’s surface is called Lava.
Name all of the Girls in 6A who wear glasses
Bianca, Briana, Camila, Katherine, Maria Fernanda, Marian, Saleth, Sonia, Sarah, and
What is Half-Life?
Time it takes for half a sample of a radioactive substance to undergo radioactive decay
Name 3 tectonic plates
Pacific Plate, Coco's Plate, Nazca Plate, North American Plate, South American Plate, African Plate, Eurasian Plate, Indian Plate, Australian Plate, and Antarctic Plate.
What is the first wave to be detected?
P waves
What are nonexplosive eruptions?
Nonexplosive eruptions are the most common type of eruptions.
When is Mrs. Ivette's Birthday?
31st of October
Describe 3 ways in which fossils form.
Petrification, Frozen Fossils, and Fossils in Asphalt
What are Pangea and Panthalassa
Pangea was the old continent and Panthalassa the old ocean
What are the 3 types of earthquakes measurement?
Seismographs, seismogram, seismologist
What are explosive eruptions?
Explosive eruptions are a less common type of eruptions.
In what year was Pizza invented?
1889
Name 3 eras of the Phanerozoic Eon.
Paleozoic Era, Mesozoic Era, and Cenozoic era
Name the 3 types of mountains
Folded Mountain, Fault Block Mountain, Volcanic Mountain.
What is the Richter Scale?
It measures the magnitude (strength) of earthquakes by reading the recordings of seismographs.
How many types of lava exist?
4
What color was the first car?