final review # 2

Continents once formed a large land mass is called

• tectonic plates

• continental drift

• mid ocean ridges

Earthquakes usually happen near

• oceans

• tectonic plates

• volcano's

• mountains

Seismology is the science of studying

• tornados

• avalanches

• hurricanes

• earthquakes

_______ are daily changes in levels of the ocean water

• tides

• bores

• currents

A small spinning column of air with extremely high wind speeds

• cyclone

• hurricane

• tornado

• blizzard

A __________ is a giant ocean wave that forms after a volcanic eruption or earthquake

• tsunami

• cyclone

• tidal wave

• swell

visible part of the sun we can see from earth

• chromosphere

• corona

• photosphere

• convective zone

where the energy is produced in the sun

• photosphere

• core

• chromosphere

• corona

Giant eruptions on the sun's surface

• sunspot

• nuclear fusion

• solar flares

The spin of a body on its axis

• ellipse

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit