G10_Chap 1-4

State of equilibrium wherein the object regain its original position after being slightly disturbed.

Term used to describe a chain of mountains

What do you call those objects with regular shapes?

These are forces whose line of action do not meet at a common point.

The outer core is liquid in nature and the inner core is solid in nature.

State of equilibrium wherein the object does not regain its original position after being slightly disturbed.

Long chain of mountain ranges combine to form ______.

The object is in ____ when net force acting on it is zero.

Who proposed the continental drift theory?

Alan Shepard Jr. traveled in space on May 5, 1961 boarding _____.

Defined as the sum of all weights of all the particles of an object that is concentrated at one point.

This theory stated that the movement of lithosphere creates Earth's landforms on the surface.

What spacecraft first reached the vicinity of the moon and the first to leave Earth's gravity?

What does the acronym PHIVOLCS mean?

Moon is an artificial satellite of Earth.

Other term for convergent boundary.

What do you call the large system of underwater mountains

The CG of uniform objects are at their geometric centers

When did the US launched the Explorer 1?

What was the name of the 1st space station launched by US?

It is the point within Earth where an Earthquake rupture starts.

A series of seismic waves traveling through Earth and is a result of a sudden release of energy.

The CG of an object may not lie outside the object itself.

The higher the CG, the greater the stability.

What makes up the lithosphere?

Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth on April 12, 1961 boarding _____.

What do you call those objects with irregular shapes?

The closer the focus to the surface, the greater the damage.

In convection current, cold air goes down and warm air rises

These satellites receive signals from TV, radio, telephone, etc. and transmit them all over the world.

This type of volcano is associated with seismic activity, presence hot water spring, etc.

Part of the upper mantle located below the crust of the Earth and a highly viscous region.

What are formed when 2 continental plate meets head-on?

It is the movement of material caused by difference in their temperature

Type of boundary where plate slide past each other.

What do you call the boundary between the crust and mantle?

What do you call the laboratory inside a space shuttle

What fossil of plant convinced scientist about continental drift theory?

It is the world's first artificial satellite

The first American space walk took place in