Earth Formation

Question 1

Everything that has mass has_______

Answer 1

Gravity

Question 2

Gravity depends on ______

Answer 2

Mass

Question 3

Weight is proportional to _______

Answer 3

Mass

Question 4

Weight changes does mass??

Answer 4

No!!!

Question 5

More mass=more_____

Answer 5

Gravity

Question 6

Closer together=more _____

Answer 6

Gravity

Question 7

Less mass=less ____

Answer 7

Gravity

Question 8

Farther apart=less_____

Answer 8

Gravity

Question 9

How old is the Earth?

Answer 9

4.6 billion years

Question 10

What are the layers of the earth

Answer 10

Crust mantel, outer core, inner core

Question 11

What do the planets orbit?

Answer 11

The sun

Question 12

Continent shape

Answer 12

Continents fit together like a puzzle

Question 13

How did the solar system “form”?

Answer 13

Collapsing dust closed eventually formed the sun, the inner planets, the outer planets, the Astroid belt, all the satellites of the planets, comets, and everything else in the solar system.

Question 14

How is the theory of the solar system supported?

Answer 14

• planets are distant from each other
• terrestrial planets and gas giants are different
• planets orbit the sun

Question 15

Crust

Answer 15

Solid, outer most layer

Question 16

Mantel

Answer 16

Soldish layer, the thickest layer

Question 17

Outer core

Answer 17

Liquid iron and nickel

Question 18

Thickest under the__________

Answer 18

Continents

Question 19

Thinner under the _________

Answer 19

Ocean

Question 20

Upper mantel

Answer 20

Flows like thick cement (laffy taffy)

Question 21

Lower mantel

Answer 21

Flows more than the upper mantel(silly puddy)

Question 22

Inner core

Answer 22

Solid iron and nickel layer

Question 23

Fossil evidence

Answer 23

Fossils of same plants and land dwelling animals have been found on matching coastlines of continents that are separated by oceans and thousands of miles apart

Question 24

Rock evidence

Answer 24

The same age and types of rocks have been found on matching coastlines of continents that are separated by oceans and thousands of miles apart

Question 25

Mountain evidence

Answer 25

Some mountain ranges on one continent seem to be very similar in shape, age, and formation on different continents.

Question 26

Glacier scars

Answer 26

Some glacier marks appear to show the glacier moving in the wrong direction as well as being found in what are today tropical areas

Question 27

Lithosphere(crust)

Answer 27

Solid layer of the earth that is fractured into large tectonic plates

Question 28

How much do the tectonics plates move per year

Answer 28

2.5 cm/ year

Question 29

Earthquakes

Answer 29

The shaking of the earths crust due to a release in energy

Question 30

Earthquakes occur in three major regions on earth:

Answer 30

* Ring of fire * Mid-ocean ridges * Eurasian-Melanesian Mountain Belt

Question 31

Divergent

Answer 31

Plates are moving apart from each other

Question 32

Convergent

Answer 32

Plates are moving towards each other

Question 33

What is happening to the Himalayan mountains during convergent plate movements?

Answer 33

The Himalayan mountains are getting pushed higher and higher

Question 34

Transform

Answer 34

Plates are sliding past each other

Question 35

What type of plate movement causes the most earthquakes? (Divergent, convergent, of transform?)

Answer 35

Transform

Question 36

Focus

Answer 36

Point of origin of an earthquake deep inside of the Earth

Question 37

Epicenter

Answer 37

Point of origin of an earthquake on the surface of the earth

Question 38

Trialteration

Answer 38

Process where three seismic stations each draw large circles around their stations on the map

Question 39

P-waves

Answer 39

Primary waves: arrive first to the seismic station •longitude waves •travel through solids, liquids, and gases

Question 40

S-waves

Answer 40

Secondary waves Arrives after P waves Transverse Travel through solids only

Question 41

Surface (L) waves

Answer 41

A combination of P and S waves

Question 42

What wave causes the most damage

Answer 42

L waves (a combination of P and S waves)

Question 43

Gravity

Answer 43

Tries to pull everything towards the center of the earth

Question 44

Volcanoes

Answer 44

Mountain that erupts based on the composition of the magma