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Jackson final qtr 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Earth | 4.5 billion years old |
| Earth's layers | inner to outer - crust, mantle, outer core, inner core |
| Crust | broken into tectonic plates |
| faults | happen near plate boundaries |
| Earthquakes | vibrations that travel through Earth's crust. |
| Richter scale | measures the strength of an Earthquake |
| Great Quake | 1906 in California |
| glaciers | huge slabs of moving ice |
| fossils | remains of ancient animals found in rocks or minerals |
| sedimentary rocks | contain fossils |
| chemical weathering | carbonic acid dissolving a statue |
| potential energy | stored energy; example a bob sled sitting on top of a hill has the potential to create motion |
| kinetic energy | moving energy |
| non-renewable energy | can't be reused; takes millions of years to reform; coal & oil |
| tsunamis | caused by underwater earthquakes |