2nd Semester Cumulative Review

The soft layer of the mantle on which the lithosphere floats

Reverse faults are what type of boundary?

These seismic waves cause the most damage to the Earth's surface

A fracture or break in the Earth's lithosphere along which blocks of rocks move past each other

What is a spring tide?

The point underground where the rocks first begin to move

Name Earth's layer from the Center to the Surface

Strike slip faults are what type of boundary?

A process in which shaking causes soil to act like a liquid

Billions of stars held together in a group by their own gravity

Normal faults are what type of boundary?

This type of plate boundary is also called a spreading center

What type of magma resist flowing and can cause violent explosions?

Why do tides occur on Earth?

A large crater caused by the violent explosion of a volcano that collapses into a depression

The process of one plate going under another is called

The Hawaiian Islands are an example of 

The main component of Magma is:

The process by which Earth's sediments are picked up, moved, and laid down in a new location

The point on the Earth directly above the focus

Volcano built from flows of low viscosity Basaltic lava with broad, low, gently sloping shapes

The sensitive instrument used to measure earthquakes

The darkest part of the Earth's shadow is called?

Earthquakes occur here

A zone of earthquakes and volcanoes surrounding the Pacific Ocean

Unit of length used for distances in our solar system and represents distance from Earth to Sun

What is caused by the rising of heated fluid and sinking of cooled fluid?

Earth's layers and tectonic plates help scientists answer the mystery of

A position and time when the sunlight shines equally on the northern and southern hemisphere

Polaris is part of what constellation?

Space and all matter and energy in it is called?

Volcanoes can affect Earth's atmosphere by increasing: 

What phase of the Moon's lunar cycle is shown by the image below?

A vent in a volcanic area from which fumes or gases escape are called

What happens to the tilt of the Earth as it orbits the sun?

The main gases in Magma are:

Continental Drift is the idea that

Dark, hot, oxygen-deficient environment associated with volcanos on/near the seafloor spreading

Hot, high velocity mixture of ash, gas, and rock that flows like a liquid down slopes/terrain