Break me down
Get movin'
It's getting hot in here
Shake it up!
What would you do?
100
A rock with jagged edges shows little sign of this process
What is weathering
100
According to the theory of plate tectonics, this layer is divided into plates
What is the lithosphere
100
Most volcanoes occur along this type of boundary.
What is a convergent boundary
100
The numerical scale of earthquake magnitude that takes into account the size of the fault rupture is called this.
What is moment magnitude scale
100
Seismic waves of an earthquake are more strongly felt at the epicenter of an earthquake for this reason.
What is the epicenter is directly over the focus, where the earthquake starts
200
Chemical weathering occurs most rapidly in this climate.
What is moist and warm
200
Draw the direction of convection currents responsible for creating a mid-ocean ridge and a trench. (Hint, you need three convection currents.)
200
This type of boundary created the Applachian Mountains.
What is a continental-continental convergent boundary.
200
The San Andreas Fault in California, a result of horizontal shear, is an example of this kind of fault
What is strike-slip
200
These factors can increase the likelihood of a landslide.
More water, steeper slope, less vegetation
300
This is the smallest particle size in soil.
What is clay
300
The youngest rocks on the ocean floor are found near this feature.
What is a mid-ocean ridge.
300
Magma forms when solid rock in the crust and upper mantle does this.
What is melts
300
Most earthquakes occur in this region.
What is in specific earthquake belts within the crust, like along the Ring of Fire
300
Deaths associated with earthquakes in sloping areas can result from this process.
What is a landslide
400
Three factors that effect the weathering on a rock include these.
What is composition of the rock, exposure to atmosphere, and climatic conditions
400
The subduction of crustal plates has this influence on the rock cycle
What is heating and melting of rock layers form the parent material of igneous rocks
400
The locations of earthquake epicenters and volcanoes would indicate this.
What is they are mainly located in the same regions.
400
This type of wave squeezes and pulls rocks in the same direction as the wave travels.
What is a P-wave
400
An example of human-caused environmental change resulting in a catostrophic event (think mass movement) include this.
What is constructing a mountain highway causing a landslide
500
Sandstone in the desert can be shaped into mushroom formations by this process.
What is mechanical weathering from wind
500
The primary cause of convection currents in the Earth's mantle is believed to be this.
What is the differences in densities of earth materials due to differences in temperature
500
The Pacific Crustal Plate must be moving in this direction over a hotspot to create the Hawaian Islands.
What is northwest
500
If the S-P wave interval is greater at a given seismic station, that means that station is at a _______ distance from the epicenter.
What is greater
500
Three examples of a creep occuring include these.
What are vertical structures become tilted, trees become bent, and underground pipes break