CH2 Science Reviewer

Study of Earth

• Geology
• Volcanology
• Seismology

Portion of the mantle between 400 km and 1050 km beneath the surface where the upper mantle merges into the lower mantle

• Transition Zone
• Moho
• Gutenburg Discontinuity

Portion of the earth that marks the bottom of the mantle

• Core-mantle boundary
• Moho
• Transition Zone

Region consisting of the earth's crust and upper mantle formed by tectonic plates

• Lithosphere
• Asthenosphere
• Moho

The plastic rock in the lower portion of the upper mantle

• Asthenosphere
• Lithosphere
• Moho

Mountain that forms when molten rock erupts from the hole in the earth's crust

• Volcanic mountain
• Domed Mountain
• Folded Mountain
• Fault-block mountain

mountain that appears to have formed when motlen rock is forcedbeneath an overlying rock layer

• domed mountain
• Volcanic Mountain
• Fault-Block Mountain
• Folded Mountain

Mountain thought to have formed when the edges of two adjacent tectonic plates were pushed together causing the layers to fold

• folded mountain
• Domed Mountain
• Fault-Block Mountain
• Volcanic Mountain

Mountaining thought to have formed when the rocks on one side of a fault were forced upward while rocks on the other side sank

• Fault-block mountain
• Domed Mountain
• Folded Mountain
• Volcanic Mountain

Computer system that stores and processes geographic data

• Geographic information system
• Earthquake Early Warning System
• Modified Mercalli