Convection

Question 1

Convection

Answer 1

the movement of thermal energy.

Question 2

thermal energy

Answer 2

similar to heat.

Question 3

gravity

Answer 3

pulls everything towards the center of the earth.

Question 4

Convection currents

Answer 4

hot liquid gas rises and cool liquid/gas sinks making currents.

Question 5

Mid-Ocean ridges

Answer 5

large underwater volcanic mountain ranges that form in DIVERGENT boundaries.

Question 6

Subduction

Answer 6

the process of one plate being pulled under another plate at a CONVERGENT boundary.

Question 7

Continental Drift

Answer 7

Alfred Wegener’s idea that the continents were once joined together called Pangea.

Question 8

Plate Tectonics

Answer 8

the theory that the lithospheric plates are constantly moving.

Question 9

Geological Time

Answer 9

time periods of thousands,millions and billions of years.

Question 10

Alfred Wegner

Answer 10

a German scientist that gathered evidence to support his idea on how Earth looked in the past.

Question 11

Lithosphere

Answer 11

the upper mantle and the crust.

Question 12

Lithospheric plates

Answer 12

the pieces the lithosphere is broken into.

Question 13

Plate boundaries

Answer 13

place where 2 or more plates meet.

Question 14

Asthenosphere

Answer 14

Solid rock that can flow.

Question 15

Ring of fire

Answer 15

the line of earthquakes and volcanoes around the Pacific Ocean.

Question 16

Lava

Answer 16

when magma flows over Earth’s surface.

Question 17

Igneous rock

Answer 17

forms when magma lava cools and solidifies.

Question 18

Earthquake

Answer 18

a sudden release of energy in Earth’s interior which can cause shaking at the surface.

Question 19

Volcano

Answer 19

an opening in Earth’s surface in which lava,gas,and ash escape from magma underground.

Question 20

Magma

Answer 20

hot liquid rock Under Earth’s surface.

Question 21

Natural Hazard

Answer 21

a natural event that may negatively affect people and the environment.

Question 22

Landslide

Answer 22

the flow of rock,soil,ect. down a slope

Question 23

Model

Answer 23

any representation of a system used to understand how it works.

Question 24

Sedimentary Rock

Answer 24

layers of hardened sediment.

Question 25

Aquifer

Answer 25

a rock layer that ALLOWS water to flow through it.

Question 26

Aquitard

Answer 26

a rock layer that RESTRICTS water to flow through it.

Question 27

Sediments

Answer 27

rock that has been broken into small pieces through weathering.

Question 28

Groundwater

Answer 28

water that goes beneath Earth’s surface.

Question 28

weathering

Answer 28

the breaking down of rock to make sediment.

Question 28

Erosion

Answer 28

the movement of sediment.

Question 29

Deposition

Answer 29

the dropping of sediment.

Question 29

Nuclear Waste

Answer 29

leftover radioactive materials produced by nuclear reactors.

Question 30

Metamorphic Rock

Answer 30

a rock that has changed due to extreme Heat and/or PRESSURE.

Question 31

Rock Cycle

Answer 31

the processes that explains how one type of rock (Sedimentary,Igneous,
Metamorphic)becomes another type.