Science

Question 1

According to _____ ________ ______, the lithosphere is broke into spearate sections called?

Answer 1

Plates

Question 2

How many major plates are there on Earth?

Answer 2

7

Question 3

Layer of rock distinguishable from adjacent layers

Answer 3

Stratum, pl. Strata

Question 4

Volcanic debris

Answer 4

Tephra

Question 5

Igneous rocks high in Feldspar and Silicate content

Answer 5

Felsic Rocks

Question 6

Igneous rocks low in silicate content but high in Magnesium and Iron

Answer 6

Mafic Rocks

Question 7

Process of mountain building

Answer 7

Orogeny/Orogenesis

Question 8

Volcano made from conical tephra

Answer 8

Cinder Cone Volcano

Question 9

Volcano created by multiple strata

Answer 9

Stratovolcano/Composite Volcano

Question 10

Denotes to harbor wave

Answer 10

Tsunami

Question 11

Uniform bend in strata

Answer 11

Monocline

Question 12

Bend in strata that is concave upright

Answer 12

Syncline

Question 13

Bend in strata that is concave downside

Answer 13

Anticline

Question 14

Plate convergence in the Andes, Cascades

Answer 14

Oceanic-Continental Convergence

Question 15

Mountain range formed by the collision of Indian and Asian plate

Answer 15

Himalayas

Question 16

Planck’s constant

Answer 16

6.62607015 x 10^-34 Js

Question 17

Amedeo Avogadro’s Number

Answer 17

6.02214076 x 10^23 mol^-1

Question 18

Speed of light

Answer 18

299 792 458 m/s

Question 19

Digits of Pi until the 43th number

Answer 19

3.14 15 92 65 35 89 79 32 38 46 26 43 38 32 79 50 28 84 19 71 69

Question 20

CMRGL

Answer 20

Conrad, Mohorovicic, Repetti, Gutenberg, Lehmann

Question 21

Transition between Upper and Lower Crust. Absent in some continental regions

Answer 21

Conrad Discontinuity (Austrian Seismologist Victor Conrad)

Question 22

Transition between Crust and Mantle. Discrete jump in seismic wave velocities

Answer 22

Mohorovicic Discontinuity (Croatian Geophysicist Andrija Mohorovicic)

Question 23

Transition between Upper Mantle and Lower Mantle

Answer 23

Repetti Discontinuity (Seismologist William C. Repetti)

Question 24

Transition between Mantle and Outer Core

Answer 24

Gutenberg Discontinuity (German-American Seismologist Beno Gutenberg)

Question 25

Transition between Outer and Inner Core. Abrupt increase of P & S waves velocities

Answer 25

Lehmann Discontinuity (Danish Seismologist Inge Lehmann)