earth

Question 1

thinnest layer of earth

Answer 1

crust

Question 2

continental crust consists of..

Answer 2

granite rocks m.o aluminum silicates

Question 3

oceanic crust consists of…

Answer 3

basalt rock m.o magnesium silicates

Question 4

core + upper mantle

Answer 4

lithosphere

Question 5

rigid, breaks under stress

Answer 5

lithosphere

Question 6

what lithosphere is made of

Answer 6

tectonic plates

Question 7

can deform 7 reshape bcs of heat energy

Answer 7

asthenosphere

Question 8

what moves on asthenosphere

Answer 8

tectonic plates

Question 9

what is the mantle made of

Answer 9

ferro-magnesium silicate rocks

Question 10

what is asthenosphere made of

Answer 10

molten rock

Question 11

hottest layer of earth

Answer 11

inner core

Question 12

crust & mantle boundary

Answer 12

mohorovicic discontinuity

Question 13

mantle & outer core boundary

Answer 13

gutenberg discontinuity

Question 14

inner core & outer core boundary

Answer 14

lehmann discontinuity

Question 15

detects earthquakes

Answer 15

seismometers

Question 16

records earthquakes

Answer 16

seismographs

Question 17

types of body waves

Answer 17

primary & secondary

Question 18

P waves aka..

Answer 18

compressional

Question 19

S waves aka..

Answer 19

transverse waves

Question 20

S wave movement

Answer 20

up & down

Question 21

P wave movement

Answer 21

back & forth

Question 22

type of body wave first felt on surface

Answer 22

primary wave

Question 23

plate boundary

Answer 23

region between plates

Question 24

faults

Answer 24

fractures on earth’s crust from plate movement

Question 25

mid-oceanic ridges

Answer 25

divergent plate boundaries between oceanic plates

Question 26

3 types of plate boundaries

Answer 26

- divergent - convergent - transform

Question 27

2 types of convergent plate boundaries

Answer 27

- orogenic belt - subduction zone

Question 28

orogenic belt

Answer 28

continental-continental

Question 29

subduction zone

Answer 29

oceanic-oceanic oceanic-continental

Question 30

product of transform plate boundary

Answer 30

earthquakes

Question 31

types of faults

Answer 31

- normal - reverse - strike-slip - oblique-slip

Question 32

normal fault

Answer 32

up to down

Question 33

reverse fault

Answer 33

down to up

Question 34

strike-slip fault

Answer 34

past each other

Question 35

oblique-slip fault

Answer 35

horizontal & up/down diagonal???

Question 36

focus/hypocenter

Answer 36

where rocks break & seismic energy is first released

Question 37

hypocenter location

Answer 37

within fault plane