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9th Grade Science - Earth Science

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Who proposed the Continental Drift Theory.Alfred Wegener
The outermost layer of the earthThe crust
Convection currents occur in this part of the mantleAsthenosphere
The Father of Modern Geology (geologic time scale)James Hutton
one large super continentPangaea
20 platesThe lithosphere is divided into ?
The Theory of Sea Floor SpreadingHarry Hess
Hawaii's volcanoes is due to?Hot Spots
S-waves ??? when they hit the earths outer coreReflect
P-waves ??? at the core-mantle boundaryrefract
large mountain range in the mid Atlantic stretching 46K milesMid-Atlantic ridge
The reversal of the Earths magnetic fieldSea Floor Spreading
Earths core is made of?Iron and Nickel
Oceanic crustDense and thin crust
Continental CrustLess dense and thicker crust
When one plate goes beneath another platesubduction
When two plates move togetherconvergent
When two plates move against each othertransform
The earths lithosphere divided into moving platesPlate tectonics
measures ground movementseimograph
The height of the seismograph readingsIntensity of an earthquake
Difference in arrival time between P and S wavesDistance to the epicenter of an earthquake
How may seismograph readings for finding the epicenter of an earthquake?3 seismograph readings
Each magnitude movement on the Richter scaleA magnitude of 10
The place where slippage first occursThe focus of an earthquake


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