Earthly zitz
Disasters
Water Water everywhere
NRG
More cycles
100
Four characteristics used to define volcano types
What is size, shape, type of magma, type of eruption?
100
Natural hazards associated with California
What is volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, coastal erosion, landslides
100
This part of the state gets most of the water
What is Northern California?
100
Two major sources of energy for the Earth
What is the sun and geothermal?
100
What element is basic to life on earth and passes through several reservoirs
What is carbon?
200
These are the largest with gently sloping sides, non explosive basaltic lava flows.
What is a shield volcano?
200
This happened to many of California's valuable ores.
What is injected into cracks in rocks?
200
Purpose of pipelines and canals
What is moving water to Southern California?
200
These are stored in the Earth's crust and are limited
What is fossil fuels?
200
The molecules that go into the photosynthesis reaction
What is carbon dioxide and water?
300
These have steep sides, violent eruptions and alternating lava flows and explosive debris.
What is a strato volcano or composite volcano?
300
This occurs when the force on a fracture exceeds the strength of the rock
What is an earthquake?
300
The two biggest consumers of water in California
What is agriculture and industry?
300
The amount of energy consumed by man is small compared to this
What is solar energy?
300
The two products of photosynthesis
What is glucose and oxygen?
400
The majority of volcanoes and earthquakes occur here
What is the Pacific Ring of Fire/Circumpacific belt.
400
The mountain range of California's most dangerous volcanes
What is the Cascade Range?
400
Where most of California's water comes from
What is snow melt from the Sierras?
400
The process of storing the sun's energy for life on Earth
What is photosynthesis?
400
The reverse of the photosynthetic reaction
What is respiration?
500
Magma from these volcanoes is very low in silica
What is shield volcanoes?
500
This type of fault does not extend to the surface
What is a blind fault?
500
The location of most of California's water use
What is the central valley?
500
The basic energy storage molecule for life on Earth
What is glucose?
500
The process by which Nitrogen is made useable by plants and animals
What is nitrogen fixation
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