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On what day were plants created

3

On what day were seasons created

4

On what day were fish created

5

On what day was man created

6

What is the type of boundary where a ridge is formed

Divergent

What type of boundary occurs at the ocean floor

Divergent

What type of rock is created at a divergent bondary

Igneous

When you move away from the epicenter does the sp-interval increase or decrease

Increase

What most likely killed the dinosaurs

KT asteroid

Type of rock formed from cementation

Sedimentary

What kind of volcanoes are the Hawaiian volcanoes

Shield

What type of feature is found at a transform boundary

Strike-slip fault

Cooler regions in the sun

Sun spots

Boundary where crust is convected

Transform

During summer for the northern hemisphere the sun shines on what

Tropic of Cancer/ 23.5° N

Source of energy organisms living on hydrothermal vents

The earth's heat

What is the current era

Cenozoic

What type of volcano is Mt. St. Helens

Composite

Type of heat transfer when a metal picnic table turns hot in the summer

Conduction

What is the type of boundary that forms a tall mountain

Convergent

What is the type of boundary where crust is lost

Convergent

What is longer than an era

Eon

What is the longest division of time

Eon

Shortest division of time

Epoch

Moon phase in this line: moon-earth-sun

Full moon

What formed the Hawaiian islands

Hot spot

Magma that is above ground is called

Lava

Convection in the _________ drives plate tectonics

Mantle

During what era did the dinosaurs dominate earth

Mesozoic

Location of the first animals on earth

Ocean

What type of crust gets pulled under during subduction

Oceanic

Which seismic wave travels fastest

P-waves

Which seismic waves can travel through the core

P-waves

On what ocean is the ring of fire on

Pacific

During what era did fish dominate earth

Paleozoic

Visible layer of the sun

Photosphere

What is the longest era on the geologic time scale

Precambrian

Type of heat transfer that involves heat as a wave

Radiation

Location of most of earth's volcanoes

Ring of fire


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