lava/volcanoes
What type of lave has a smooth rope-like surface?
Pahoehoe lave
What is an aftershock
Small tremors following the main earthquake
To transfer thermal energy due to a temperature difference
Heat
Define continental crust
Crust that forms continents, less dense, thicker
What are the 5 specific layers?
1. Lithosphere
2. Asthenosphere
3. Mesosphere
4. Outer core
5. Inner core
What is a volcanic crater?
A large depression that forms after a volcanic erupts
The instrument used to record earthquake waves
A material in which thermal energy moves slowly.
Thermal insulator
What forms at a divergent boundary between 2 oceanic plates?
Mid-ocean ridges
Define the term geology
The study of earths physical structure, its history, and the processes that shape it
What are composite volcanoes known for?
layers of ash and lava, multiple eruptions
Tha magnitude of an earthquake is most commonly measured using which scale?
Richter scale
1st law
What happens when an oceanic plate collides with a continental plate at a convergent boundary?
Subduction zone
Scientists hypothesize that the outer core is in this phase of matter
Liquid
What volcano is typically the smallest and has steep sides? Usually formed from 1 single eruption.
Cinder cone
What type of seismic waves cause the most destruction during an earthquake?
Surface waves
What term describes the measure of the average kinetic energy of particles that make up an object?
Define oceanic crust
Crust under the ocean, dense, thin
The inner core is a solid sphere of mostly what metal?
Nickel
What lava is thick, slow-moving, and rich in silica?
Rhyolitic
What is an earthquake?
A sudden release of energy in the Earths crust that creates seismic waves
When 2 substances are in physical contact with each other, they exchange no heat energy. In other words, they are the same temperature.
Thermal equilibrium
What type of fault occurs when 2 tectonic plates move past each other horizontally?
Strike-slip
Which device does work to transfer thermal energy from a cooler area to a warmer area
Refrigerator