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Science Final Mrs. H
Audrey, Lauren, and Hannah's Science Stack
Question | Answer |
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AREA IN ATMOSPHERE WITH LOWER PRESSURE THAN SURROUNDING AREAS WITH WINDS THAT SPIRAL TOWARD THE CENTER | CYCLONE |
SHORT TERM STATE OF ATMOSPHERE INCLUDING TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, PRECIPITATION, WIND, AND VISIBILITY | WEATHER |
AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN AIR | HUMIDITY |
RATIO OF AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR IN THE AIR TO THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR THE AIR CAN HOLD | RELATIVE HUMIDITY |
CHANGE OF STATE FROM A GAS TO A LIQUID | CONDENSATION |
COLLECTION OF SMALL WATER DROPLETS OR ICE CRYSTALS SUSPENDED IN AIR WHICH FORMS WHEN AIR COOLS AND CONDENSES | CLOUD |
ANY FORM OF WATER THAT FALLS TO EARTH'S SURFACE FROM CLOUDS | PRECIPITATION |
LARGE BODY OF AIR WHERE TEMPERATURE AND MOISTURE CONTENT ARE CONSTANT THROUGHOUT | AIR MASS |
BOUNDARY BETWEEN AIR MASSES OF DIFFERENT DENSITIES AND USUALLY DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES | FRONT |
ROTATION OF AIR AROUND A HIGH PRESSURE CENTER IN DIRECTION OPPOSITE TO EARTH'S ROTATION | ANTICYCLONE |
BRIEF HEAVY STORM WITH RAIN, WINDS, LIGHTNING, AND THUNDER | THUNDERSTORM |
ELECTRIC DISCHARGE THAT TAKES PLACE BETWEEN 2 OPPOSITELY CHARGED SURFACE i. e. 2 CLOUDS, A CLOUD AND THE GROUND, OR BETWEEN 2 PARTS OF ONE CLOUD | LIGHTNING |
SOUND CAUSED BY RAPID EXPANSION OF AIR ALONG AN ELECTRICAL STRIKE | THUNDER |
DESTRUCTIVE ROTATING COLUMN OF AIR WITH HIGH WIND SPEEDS VISIBLE AS FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD AND TOUCHES GROUND | TORNADO |
SEVERE STORM DEVELOPS OVER TROPICAL OCEANS AND WHOSE STRONG WINDS OF MORE THAN 120KM/HR SPIRAL TOWARD INTENSLY LOW-PRESSURE CENTER | HURRICANE |
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES TEMPERATURE. | THERMOMETER |
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE | BAROMETER |
INSTRUMENT THAT MEASURES WIND SPEEDS | ANEMOMETER |
STUDY OF EARTHQUAKES | SEISMOLOGY |
BENDING, TILTING, AND BREAKING OF CRUST; CHANGE IN SHAPE OF ROCK DUE TO STRESS | DEFORMATION |
SUDDEN RETURN OF ELASTICALLY DEFORMED ROCK TO ITS UNDEFORMED SHAPE | ELASTIC REBOUND |
WAVE OF ENERGY TRAVELS THROUGH EARTH AWAY FROM EARTHQUAKE IN ALL DIRECTIONS | SEISMIC WAVE |
SEISMIC WAVE CAUSES PARITCLES OF ROCK TO MOVE IN BACK AND FORTH DIRECTION | P WAVE |
SEISMIC WAVE WITH PARTICLES THAT MOVE SIDE TO SIDE | S WAVE |
RECORDS VIBRATIONS IN GROUND AND DETERMINES LOCATION AND STRENGTH OF EARTHQUAKES | SEISMOGRAPH |
TRACING OF EARTHQUAKE CREATED BY SEISMOGRAPH | SEISMOGRAM |
POINT ON EARTH'S SURFACE ABOVE AN EARTHQUAKE'S STARTING POINT OR FOCUS | EPICENTER |
POINT ALONG A FAULT AT WHICH THE FIRST MOTION OF AN EARTHQUAKE OCCURS | FOCUS |
BASED ON AN IDEA THAT A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE IS LIKELY TO OCCUR ALONG PART OF AN ACTIVE FAULT WHERE NO EARTHQUAKES HAVE OCCURRED FOR A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME | GAP HYPOTHESIS |
AREA ALONG FAULT WHERE FEW EARTHQUAKES HAVE OCCURRED RECENTLY BUT WHERE STRONG EARTHQUAKES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST | SEISMIC GAP |
VENT OR FISSURE IN EARTH'S SURFACE THROUGH WHICH MAGMA AND GASSES ARE EXPELLED | VOLCANO |
BODY OF MOLTEN ROCK THAT FEEDS A VOLCANO | MAGMA CHAMBER |
OPENING AT A SURFACE OF EARTH THROUGH WHICH VOLCANIC MATERIAL PASSES THROUGH | VENT |
FUNNEL-SHAPED PIT NEAR THE TOP OF THE CENTRAL VENT OF A VOLCANO | CRATER |
LARGE, SEMICIRCULAR DEPRESSION THAT FORMS WHEN THE MAGMA CHAMBER BELOW A VOLCANO PARTIALLY EMPTIES AND CAUSES THE GROUND ABOVE TO SINK | CALDERA |
WIDE, FLAT LANDFORM THAT RESULTS FROM REPEATED NONEXPLOSIVE ERUPTIONS OF LAVA THAT SPREAD OVER ALONG AREAS | LAVA PLATEAU |
AREA OF DEEP CRACKS THAT FORMS BETWEEN 2 TECTONIC PLATES THAT ARE PULLING AWAY FROM EACH OTHER | RIFT ZONE |
VOLCANICALLY ACTIVE AREA OF EARTH'S SURFACE FAR FROM A TECTONIC PLATE BOUNDARY | HOT SPOTS |
TECTONIC PLATES CONSIST OF | CONTINENTAL AND OCEANIC CRUST |
A POSSIBLE RESULT OF PLATES MOVING ALONG A TRANSFORM BOUNDARY IS | EARTHQUAKES |
IN A NORMAL FAULT THE DOES HOW DOES THE HANGING WALL MOVE IN RELATION TO THE FOOTWALL | DOWNWARD |
IN A REVERSE FAULT HOW DOES A HANGING WALL MOVE IN RELATION TO THE FOOTWALL | UPWARD |
ALL THE CONTINENTS STARTED AS ONE LARGE CONTINENT CALLED | PANGAEA |
MOST EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN ALONG THE EDGE OF | TECTONIC PLATES |
BREAK IN EARTH'S CRUST ALONG WHICH BLOCKS OF CRUST SLIDE IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER IS | A FAULT |
WHAT TYPE OF WAVE IS A SHEAR WAVE | A BODY WAVE |
HOW MUCH MORE TIMES GROUND MOTION IS A MAGNITUDE OF 5.0 THAN OF 4.0 | 10X MORE |
SCALE USED TO MEASURE THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE | RICHTER MAGNITUDE |
THE INTENSITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE IS PARTIALLY MEASURED BY | THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE CAUSED |
WHAT SCALE MEASURES THE INTENSITY OF AN EARTHQUAKE | MODIFIED MERCALLI INTENSITY SCALE |
WHAT SCALE MEASURES THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE | RICHTER MAGNITUDE SCALE |
WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE STRENGTH OF AN EARTHQUAKE | MAGNITUDE |
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF STRESS ON TECTONIC PLATES | TENSION AND COMPRESSION |
ACCORDING TO CONTINENTAL DRIFT THEORY, WHAT WAS THE FIRST CONTINENT CALLED | PANAEA |
WHAT DID PANGAEA BREAK INTO | LAURASIA AND GONDWANA |
IS GONDWANA NORTH OR SOUTH OF LAURASIA | SOUTH |
TECTONIC PLATES "FLOAT" ON ____________. | THE ASTHENOSPHERE |
MAGNETIC REVERSALS HELP SUPPORT ____________. | SEA-FLOOR SPREADING |
MID-OCEAN RIDGES ARE THE MOST COMMON TYPE OF ___________. | DIVERGENT BOUNDARIES |
PROCESS BY WHICH ROCK LAYERS ARE RAISED TO HIGHER ELEVATION | UPLIFT |
WHERE TWO PLATES COLLIDE | CONVERGENT BOUNDARY |
WHERE TWO PLATES SEPARATE | DIVERGENT BOUNDARY |
WHERE TWO PLATES SLIDE PAST EACH OTHER | TRANSFORM BOUNDARY |
STRESS AT A DIVERGENT BOUNDARY | TENSION |
STRESS AT A CONVERGENT BOUNDARY | COMPRESSION |
UPWARD ARCHING ROCK LAYER | ANTICLINE |
DOWNWARD ARCHING ROCK LAYER | SYNCLINE |
A HANGING WALL MOVES DOWNWARD IN RELATION TO THE FOOTWALL IN A ___________ FAULT. | NORMAL |
A HANGING WALL MOVES UPWARD IN RELATION TO THE FOOTWALL IN A ___________ FAULT. | REVERSE |
MOST EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN ALONG THE EDGES OF____________. | TECTONIC PLATES |
WHAT IS THE METHOD USED TO FIND AN EARTHQUAKE'S EPICENTER. | S-P TIME METHOD |
AN EXTINCT VOLCANO______________. | HAS NEVER ERUPTED |
WHICH LAVA FLOWS LIKE DRIPPING WAX | PAHOEHOE |
WHERE DO VOLCANOES MOSTLY FORM | ALONG PLATE BOUNDARIES |
IF THE WATER CONTENT OF MAGMA IS HIGH WHAT KIND OF EXPLOSION IS LIKELY TO OCCUR | EXPLOSIVE |
_____________ MEASURES THE SLOPE OF A VOLCANO. | TILTMETER |