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The Earth
The earth's Atmosphere
The earth's water
volcanoes
earthquakes
100
Night and day are caused by the earth's ___________
What is rotation on its axis
100
Name the 4 layers of the Atmosphere.
What is Thermosphere, mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere?
100
The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere and the earth's surface.
What is the water cycle?
100
Molten rock that erupts from volcanoes.
What is lava?
100
An instrument used to detect and record earthquakes.
What is a seismograph?
200
The imaginary line that connects the North and South Poles
What is the axis?
200
The ozone layer is in this layer of the atmosphere.
What is-the stratosphere?
200
Water that sinks into the ground instead of running off.
What is groundwater?
200
A volcano that has erupted recently, but may do so in the future.
What is dormant?
200
Used to measure the strength of earthquakes.
What is the Richter Scale?
300
You can locate any place on earth if you know its ______.
What is latitude and longitude?
300
The two main gases in the atmosphere.
What is Nitrogen and Oxygen?
300
A spring that lies close to hot rock or magma and shoots out of the ground is ____________.
What is a geyser?
300
Mountains formed from the build up of volcanic lava often take this shape.
What is a cone?
300
An earthquake occurs when rocks break or move suddenly at a _________________.
What is a fault?
400
About 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered with _______.
What is water/ oceans?
400
Name the 3 basic types of clouds.
What is stratus, cumulus and cirrus?
400
A lake that people make to store a large amount of fresh water
What is a reservoir?
400
A vent at the earth's surface through which magma and gases erupt.
What is a volcano?
400
The large plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the Earth.
What are tectonic plates?
500
The line of 0 latitude is the ________________.
What is the equator?
500
Stratus clouds that form near the ground is called ______.
What is fog?
500
Hurricanes get their energy from ________________.
What is warm water?
500
The zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean.
What is Ring of Fire?
500
Fault that makes California an area of high risk for earthquakes.
What is the San Andreas Fault?