Plate Tectonics
Theory that states Earth's crust is broken into rigid plates that move slowly over Earth's surface
Plate tectonics
Rupter and sudden movement of rocks along a break or a crack in earth's crust.
Earthquake
What are the two types of weathering?
Physical and Chemical
The minerals and small pieces of rock
Sediments
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Who created the idea of Continental Drift?
Alfred Wenger
The surface along which the crust moves
The processs that breaks down rocks, changing Earth's surface over time
Weathering
Process of laying down eroded material in a new location
Deposition
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The theory that Earth was once one large landmass called...
Pangea
An earthquake that happens underwater is a....
Tsnuami
The moving of weathered material
Erosion
Long streams of molten rock called
Lava Flows
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What are the three types of Boundaries?
Convergent
Divergent
Transform
Extreme shaking can cause this material to behave more like a liquid than a solid.
Liquefacation
Consists of weathered rock, mineral material, awater, anir and organic matter
Soil
Locations where volcanoes form far from plate boundaries.
Hot spots
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The area where one plate slides under another is called...
Subduction Zone
This creates a large depression in the center of the volcano
Caldera
What are the three agents of erosion and deposition?
Wind, water, ice
The pulling force at a divergent boundary.
Tension
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