Tectonic Plates
The names of the four layers of the earth.
What are...
Crust
Mantle
Outer core
Inner Core
The breakdown of rocks into smaller pieces
What is weathering
Loosens and transports sediment by gravity, wind, water, or ice.
what is erosion
______________is a tool used to measure the intensity of an earthquake. _______________is how the earthquake is measured
what is a seismograph and richter scale
Name of the landmass before the continents drifted apart.
what is Pangea
Causes the plates to move
What is continental drift
what is acid rain
Creates sand dunes and rock arches.
what is wind (erosion)
This can occur at any plate boundary to release stress.
what is an earthquake
River erosion can move all sizes of
Mountains are formed
What are convergent boundaries
type of weathering caused by living things
what is biological weathering
Creates landforms such as valleys, canyons, caverns or floodplains
what is water (erosion)
Name three types of volcanoes
what are...
shield
cone
composite
Beaches change shape and size because of ___________.
what is erosion
What is a subduction Zone
name one example of physical weathering
what is...
freezing water
wind blowing sand against rock
______________can prevent erosion
what are plants
Name the three type of boundaries
what are...
convergent
divergent
sliding (transforming)
The type of valleys glaciers form
what are u-shaped
A river valley was formed this way
What is diverging boundary
Weathering is a ________________change to the earths surface
What is slow or gradual
Triangle-shaped area at the mouth of a river and where deposition occurs.
what is a delta
What material is produced by explosive volcanoes
what are...
gasses
rocks
magma/lava
The area around the Pacific Ocean that consists of a large number of the earths volcanoes is ____________
What is the ring of fire?