Word Lists in the Geology Category

Example: Half-life: The time it takes for a radioactive isotope to decay to one-half of its original amount., Raidiocarbon dating: Determining the age of organic mateials, which contain a lot of carbon., Varves: Bands of alternating light and dark coloured sedimends of sand, clay and silt. can be over 120,000 years., Radioactive decay: The emission of radioactive particals changing one isotope into another isotope over time

Example: Where is tokyo situated?: , What is a tsunami?: , Which is the largest landmass situated on the Eurasia plate: , What is rain?:

Example: the largest kind of landform: continent, land that is surrounded by water: island, large piece of moving ice: glacier, water that is surrounded by land: lake

Example: the largest kind of landform: continent, land that is surrounded by water: island, large piece of moving ice: glacier, water that is surrounded by land: lake

Example: the largest kind of landform: continent, land that is surrounded by water: island, large piece of moving ice: glacier, water that is surrounded by land: lake

Example: the largest kind of landform: continent, land that is surrounded by water: island, large piece of moving ice: glacier, water that is surrounded by land: lake

Example: why do you go on a trip every may: because you have to make money, what do i love : mona lisa, who do i stock: liessa, what do i hate: pests

Example: What are the two types of volcanoes: , Explain the differences between these volcanoes: , What type of volcano is also known as a stratovolcano: , Name two of the main gases that can escape from volcanoes:

Example: The study of the universe: Astronomy, The study of the Earth's Atmosphere : Meteorology, The study of the sea/ocean: Oceanography, The study of the origin, history, and structure of the Earth: Geology

Example: kayla: kayla, emily: emily, claire: claire, sophie: sophie

Example: rock, soil, land, terrain

Example: rock, soil, land, terrain

Example: Point in the earth where an earthquake rupture begins.: Hypocenter, An elastic wave generated by an impulse such as an earthquake or explosion.: Seismic Wave, Large, thin, relatively rigid plates that move relative to one another on the outer surface of the earth. : Tectonic Plates, Innermost part of the earth.: Core

Example: that portion of the seafloor adjacent to the continents; icludes the continental rise, continental slope, and continental shelf: continental margin, the gently sloping submerged portion of the continental margin, extending from the shoreline to the continental slope: continental shelf, the steep gradient that leads to the deep-ocean floor and marks the seaward edge of the continental shelf: continental slope, a seaward extension of a valley that was cut on the continental shelf during a time when sea level was lower; a caynon carved into the outer continental shelf, continental slope, and continental rise by turbidity currents: submarine canyon

Example: Crust, Mantle, Core, Lithosphere

Example: Thinnest Layer: Crust, Contains most of the Earth's mass: Mantle, Made mostly of nickle, iron, sulfur, and oxygen: Core, Makes up tectonic plates: Lithospere

Example: Mechanical Weathering, Abrasion, ice wedging, chemical weathering