Science q2, long test Flashcards
surface waves
the 3 main types of waves and their movement
side to side, up and down, rolls
formation of a typhoon
- warm oceans 26 C up
- warm air moves up
3.air in HPA sweeps in into LPA - condensation happens to form clouds
- air whirls
North- counterclock wise
a celestial body that hits the earth’s surface
meteorite
earhquake
how much active volcanoes are there in ring of fire?
75%
other name for focus?
hypocenter
Fault plane
also called the head, which is a type of gas that surrounds the nucleus
coma
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typhoon
north atlantic oceans
hurricane
made out of ionized molecules that can be either dust or both
tail, ion and dust
focus
Epicenter
seismic waves
Seismograph
Ring of fire
north west pacific
typhoon
known as the site of a meteorite
impact crater
also known as shooting star
meteor
a celestial body that enters the earth’s atmosphere
meteor
magnitude
Big one
7.2 up
name the parts of a comet
nucleus
head/ coma
tail
hydrogen cloud
Normal faut
movement and stress
foot wall moves up, hanging wall moves down, tensional stress
ritcher mgnitude scale
the core of a comet in which it is composed of rocks, metals and ice
nucleus
most destructive parts where rainfall is heavy
eye wall
strike and slip faul
movement and stress
collides with each other, sheering force/ stress
a body that is composed of rocks and metals that orbits the sun
asteroids
types of waves in an EQ
primary waves, secondary and surface waves
hangingw all
central region of a clear sky
eye
fault
FOOTwall
a type of body that is outside the earth’s vacinity
meteoroids
PAGASA name
Modified Mercalli Intensisty scale
primary waves
PHILVOLCS
ph volcanology and seismology
Phases of an earthquake
fore shock, main shock and after shock
a s[pherical cloud that surrounds the coma
hydrogen cloud
a celestial body that is composed of mostly rocks, ice, and gasses
comets
largest known asteroid
Ceres
reverese fault
movement and stress
hanging wall moves up, compresional stress
indian ocean
cyclone
it is believed to be composed of fragments from asteroids and comets
meteoroids
secondary waves
other known as
S waves
the walls outside the eyewall
outer and inner rainbands
Coriolis effect
west valley fault