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Science Final Mrs. H
Audrey, Lauren, and Hannah's Science Stack
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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