Plate Tectonics
What kind of LANDFORMS do DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES form?
Ridges and rifts
Place on earth have constant average temperatures (they don't change much). Why?
Continuous motion of air and water distributes the sun's energy.
What kind of front causes DECREASING temperatures?
A warm front
What human activity has the most effect on increasing atmospheric CO2?
Burning fossil fuels
What kind of energy transformation is happen ed between a battery, switch and a fan?
Chemical to electrical to mechanical
What kind of landforms do CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES form?
Trenches and mountains
What kind of weather can be expected on Day 1 of a COLD FRONT?
Cold and rainy
Why does Texas experience more hurricanes in August than in January?
Ocean temperatures are WARMER
Deforestation REDUCES Earth's ability to absorb what?
Carbon dioxide
In a hot air balloon rising, what kind of energy transformations are occuring?
True or False - BOTH DIVERGENT and CONVERGENT Plate Boundaries have volcanic activity?
TRUE
What kind of weather can be expected on Day 2 of a COLD FRONT?
Why would an area in the south like FLORIDA have MORE THUNDERSTORMS than CALIFORNIA?
Because the ocean currents near Florida are warmer
Deforestation can lead to a reduction in the amount of water an INCREASED SURFACE what?
Temperature
Which plate boundary has LARGE-SCALE EARTHQUAKES but NO volcanic activity or rocks?
Transform Plate Boundary
What kind of conditions describe weather at an area with the LOWEST PRESSURE?
Overcast skies with STRONG winds
What reduces the strength of a typhoon?
Moving into cool water
Rifts and ridges form when two plates do what?
MOVE AWAY from each other (DIVERGENT)
Long-term warming of global temperatures