Plate Boundaries
Which way do divergent plate boundaries move?
A mountain is created by which type of plate boundary?
Convergent
Who is the scientist that is credited for the theory of continental drift
Alfred Wegner
What airmasses bring cold, dry weather
continental polar
Why does Texas experience more hurricanes in August than in January
Higher ocean temperatures
Which type of plate boundary moves towards each other?
Convergent
What two landforms are created by divergent plate boundaries?
Rift Valley and Mid ocean ridge
Which layer of earth consists of a solid ball composed mainly of iron and nickel
inner core
what is the narrow belt of strong winds near the troposphere
Jet Stream
What happens to a hurricane when it moves onto land
loses strength/dies out
Which way do transform boundaries move?
slide past each other
Earthquakes are created by which type of plate boundary?
Transform
Continental Drift
What is the primary energy source for the water cycle, atmosphere convection, and global weather systems
the sun
What is considered the "fuel" for hurricane formation
warm ocean water
Transform
What landform is created when more dense oceanic crust converges with less dense continental crust
Ocean trench
What is the name of the supercontinent
pangea
land and sea breezes are driven by which process of heat transfer?
Convection
what is the low-pressure area located at the center of a tropical cyclone called
the eye
When more dense oceanic crust converges with less dense continental crust it creates a ____ zone
Subduction zone
Can volcanic activity be found at both convergent and divergent boundaries
yes
Which layer of the earth moves like plastic
asthenosphere
If the jet stream bends what temperature of air will flow in?
Cold
Water at the poles is warmer/colder than the water at the equater
colder