Plate Tectonics
When 2 continental plates crash into each other and crunch upwards making mountain ranges like the Himalayas.
Convergence
What type of landform is created by a river eroding the soil away?
Canyon
A violent shaking of the Earth's crust.
Earthquake
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Cyclonic storms that occur in the Eastern Hemisphere and bring lots of wind and rain.
Typhoon
Also called Finite Resources.
Non-renewable Resources.
Iceland is being ripped apart by WHAT tectonic movement?
Divergence
Both Buttes and Mesas are types of _________?
Plateau
A large, extremely powerful wave caused by seismic activity.
Tsunami
The "Dust Bowl" is an example of what type of weather?
Drought
Another name for Petroleum.
Oil
The Ring of Fire is a huge _______________ zone. The type of tectonic movement where 2 plates collide but 1 plate is heavier and slides underneath the lighter plate.
Subduction
Land that is completely surrounded by water is called a ______________.
Island
These natural disasters allow magma from Earth's mantle to reach Earth's crust.
Volcanoes
The Enhanced Fujita Scale is used to measure the wind speeds of what type of weather?
Tornadoes
Iron Ore is used to make _______.
Steel
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San Francisco and most of California is located on a fault line where 2 plates slide past each other in opposite directions. What is that type of tectonic movement called?
Transform
This landform is created during convergent tectonic plate movements.
Mountains
Area of natural disasters that surrounds the Pacific Tectonic Plate.
Ring of Fire
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This Wild Weather that involves snow falling down a mountain also has a professional hockey team named after it. (the Colorado _______)
Avalanche
In our search for more Natural Resources, humans are destroying the ________ of animals, they're natural environment.
Habitats
The slow movements of the continents is also referred to as _____________ ________.
Continental Drift
What landform is similar to a canyon or valley but instead has ocean water at the bottom? It was also used in the movie Frozen.
Fjord
What type of Natural Disaster hit the nuclear power plant in Fukishima, Japan in 2011?
Tsunami
What town in Oklahoma is famous for being the starting place of the world's largest tornado EVER?
El Reno, Oklahoma
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Name the 3 major ways people are trying to save the environment.
Recycling
GMOs
Legislation