Science Trim 2 Flashcards

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seismic waves:

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after-effects of earthquakes

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basalt:

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a dark rock

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granite:

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light rock

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The Earth’s layers are…

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Core, Mantle, Crust

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The mantle has:

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lithosphere and an athenosphere

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the inner core is:

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solid

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radiation:

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heat transfer via space

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Conduction:

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heat transfer via touching materials

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convection:

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heat transfer via fluid movement

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convection current:

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the flow that transfers heat within a liquid

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Evidence of Pangaea was in 3 types, and they were:

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land features, fossils, and climate

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Alfred Wegener:

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a German scientist who had the idea of the continental drift

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mid-ocean ridge:

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baseball-shaped curves in the Earth

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sonar:

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a device bouncing sound waves

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sea-floor spreading:

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the sea floor spreading as new crust replaces it as a cycle

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evidence for sea-floor spreading:

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molten material, magnetic stripes, and drilling samples

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in deep-ocean trenches, the crust bends _______

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downward

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subduction:

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the sea floor spreading

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tectonic plates:

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pieces of Earth’s lithosphere moving about an inch a year

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fault:

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a break in the Earth’s crust

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divergent boundary:

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where 2 plates move apart

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rift valley:

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forming along a divergent boundary

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transform boundary:

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a place where 2 plates slip past each other

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stress:

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a force acting on a rock

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tension:
pulling on the crust
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compression:
squeezing rocks together
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shearing:
rocks pushing in opposite directions
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hanging wall:
the wall above
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footwall:
the wall below
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reverse fault:
a fault in a reverse direction
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strike-slip fault:
where rocks slip past each other
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anticline:
up
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syncline:
down
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earthquake:
shaking and trembling of the Earth
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focus:
the area beneath earth's surface where rock breaks
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epicenter:
above the focus
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earthquakes come in...
P, S, and Surface Waves
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The scales are:
mercalli scale moment magnitude scale richter scale
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seismograph:
an instrument that records earthquake magnitude
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seismogram:
a record of an earthquake's lines
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instruments used to monitor faults:
tilmeter creep meter laser-ranging device gps satellites
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friction:
rubbing together
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aftershock:
a following earthquake
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liquefaction:
when an earthquake's shaking turns lose into a liquid
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tsunami:
an earthquake underwater
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base-isolated building:
a building designed to reduce earthquake damage
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volcano:
a weak spot in the crust
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ring of fire:
a belt of earthquakes
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island arc:
when volcanoes create a string of islands
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hot spot:
an area where materials deep inside the mantle rises and melts, forming magma
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lava is magma _____
above ground
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element:
a substance unbreakable into parts
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compound:
a substance made from 2+ elements
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physical property:
any characteristic that can be observed w/o changing composition
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chemical property:
any property that produces a change of matter
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viscosity:
the property of liquids
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if the viscosity is _____, the liquid flows ______
greater, slower
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if the viscosity is low, liquid flows ______
easier
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remember high vis= | low vis=
slower | faster
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silica:
made from oxygen and silicon
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The more silica, the _______ the viscosity
higher
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high silica magma makes ______ lava
light
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the less silica magma contains, the lower the ______
viscosity
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low-silica magma forms _______
dark lava
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pahoehoe:
fast-moving and hot lava
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aa:
cooler lava but slower-moving