Weathering
What causes magma beneath a volcano rise to the surface?
Gases in the magma
What is the Richter scale?
What is how earthquake magnitudes are measured?
Volcanic eruptions produce...
Rock , lava, and ash
What pulls all objects from higher places to lower places?
Gravity
If there are SMOOTH, ROUND pebbles in a conglomerate stone (rock pieces cemented together). It probably means that the pebbles were carried by what?
What is water?
What is the difference between lava and magma?
Magma is molten rock below earth's surface; lava is molten rock one it is above the earth's surface.
List 5 different landforms.
Sample Answers: Plateaus, mountains, peninsulas, valleys, canyons
How can ice cause physical weathering?
If water gets into the crack of a rock and then freezes, it will expand when it turns into ice. The expanding ice can cause the rock to break into smaller pieces.
Which of the following can cause a change in the atmosphere?
a) erosion
b) deposition
c) ice cores
d) volcanic eruptions
What is D, volcanic eruptions?
What is the difference between an active and a dormant volcano?
Active volcano - erupts frequently Dormant volcano - a volcano that has not erupted for a long time
Which geological process is the most difficult to actually see when its happening?
What is the building of a mountain. (a slow change)
What is weathering?
What is the breakdown of rocks by wind, water, or other forces.
What factor more often than other factors causes erosion, deposition, and weathering?
What is water?
Over LONG PERIODS of time, mountain ranges and landscapes are SLOWLY worn down by all of the following EXCEPT...
a) gravity
b) weathering
c) volcanoes
d) erosion
What is C, volcanoes?
How do tree rings show information about the climate?
What is the width of the rings shows the wet and dry seasons.