Volcanos
(A measure of how thick or fluid a substance is) is the definition of what?
Viscosity
True or False: Warm areas have less pressure, while cold areas have more pressure.
True
How many eras are their?
3 main eras
True or False: Hot spot move to form volcanic islands
False. The crust moves over the hot spot.
Name all three types of volcanoes
Cinder cone, Composite, shield
What gas makes up most of the air.
Nitrogen
What type of animal developed the first eggshell?
Reptiles
Name the 3 global winds
Trade wind
Westerlies
Polar easterlies
Any solid material released from a volcano is called what?
pyroclastic material
What effect influence wind direction in both hemispheres?
Coriolis
Name the Largest mass extinction event on planet earth.
Permian Extinction
What is the source of air pressure differences?
The Sun
What is a Hot spot?
A hot spot is an area where magma rises to the Earth's surface in large balloon-like plumes.
Which type of cloud forms at the highest altitude?
Cirrus
What periods does the the Mesozoic era contain.
Triassic, Jurassic, Cretaceous
In what period was the first backbone developed?
Cambrian
Volcanoes typically form what three main locations?
Convergent Plate Boundaries: Where two tectonic plates collide.
Divergent Plate Boundaries: Where two tectonic plates move apart.
Hot Spots: Areas where magma rises to the Earth's surface in large balloon-like plumes.
Which of the following is an accurate definition of Hail?
a) Hail forms when partially melted snowflakes refreeze into ice pellets as they fall to earth.
b) Hail forms during thunderstorms when strong updrafts carry water droplets high into the atmosphere, where they freeze and grow into large ice structures.
b) Hail forms during thunderstorms when strong updrafts carry water droplets high into the atmosphere, where they freeze and grow into large ice structures.
What period did the first backbone develope?
Cambrian
List the layers of atmosphere in order.
Exosphere
Thermosphere
Mesosphere
Stratosphere
Troposphere