Tectonic Processes/Boundaries
The Crust, Mantle, and Core are all sections of our planet's what?
what is Earth's interior?
A continuous physical movement of water caused by wind or density
What is Currents?
The the periodic rise and fall of the surface of the ocean resulting from the gravitational pull of the Moon and the Sun.
What is Tides?
The breaking down of rockets into smaller pieces over time.
What is weathering?
This forms when the opening in the Earth's crust allows gases and molten rock to escape from the mantle
What is Volcanoes?
The lowest and hottest layer of the Earth, comprised entirely of different metal alloys
What is the Inner Core?
These currents are typically driven by wind
What is Surface Currents?
This type of tide creates the biggest tidal range
What is Spring Tides?
Ice, gravity, wind, and water are the four types of this process.
What is erosion?
All boundaries have this in common
what is Earthquake?
This boundary is created when two or more tectonics plates come together.
What is Convergent Boundary?
The movement of cold- nutrient rich water from the deep ocean to the surface.
What is Upwelling?
These physical factors affect the tidal range
What is coastline, size of the body of water, and weather?
The key difference between weathering and erosion.
What is the movement and transportation of rocks and minerals to new locations?
Convergent boundaries create this zone
what is Subduction Zone?
Divergent Boundaries create mid ocean ridges and....
What is Hydrothermal Vents?
This type of condition causes a decrease of upwelling and slows down trade winds
What is El Nino?
This factor is what effects the ocean bulge size
What is Gravitational Pull?
An example of this deposition process would be "Water in the Nile River carries sediments as suspended particles and then leaves them at the river mouth into the Mediterranean Sea forming a delta."
What is sedimentation?
These are found in mid ocean ridges and are extreme environments with pressure being over 200atm
What is Hydrothermal Vents?
The Theory of Continental Drift was proposed by...
What is Alfred Wegener
This type of current can also be called thermohaline circulation
What is Deep Currents?
High winds and low air pressure can create a...
What is Tidal Surge?
A root slowly growing in length and width, forcing the surrounding rocks to break apart is an example of this specific type of process.
What is organic/biological weathering?
form as a result of sea-floor spreading
What is Abyssal Plains?