Destructive Processes
What process transports rocks, soils and sediments to a different location?
Erosion
How are mountains formed?
Constructively as moving tectonic plates force land up
How are cliffs created?
Destructively through weathering as water wore down large rocks
What type of river causes the most erosion?
Long river with fast moving water
How can human interaction decrease the destructive force of hurricanes on coastal areas?
Create dams and levees to control water flow
Why are landslides on mountains destructive?
They cause earth’s surface to be broken down into smaller pieces
How are islands formed?
Lava from an ocean volcano cooled and hardened
How are canyons formed?
Destructively as steep walls are weathered away and eroded by water
What is beach restoration?
Replacing sand on the beach
What do seismographs measure?
How powerful an earthquake is
In an earthquake, what happens to Earth’s crust?
It chips and cracks as it rubs against itself.
How are deltas formed?
Constructive process of deposition. Moving water deposits sediment
What are sand dunes made of and how are they formed?
Made of sand from large areas of surrounding desert. Formed when wind and rain move sand through deposition
What earth process matches the following question scientists could ask for technology development: How can glass be design to withstand high-speed impacts?
hurricane
What does the Richter Scale determine?
magnitude
What is an underwater earthquake called?
Tsunami
A student creates a model to show the constructive process of a delta being formed. The student wants to know if the volume of the water flow affects the size of the delta. How can the student change the model to investigate this?
Add more water to the channel
How are river banks formed?
Constructively through deposition
What earth process matches the following question scientists could ask for technology development: How can water be contained to avoid property damage?
flood
What is infrared imaging and how may it give scientists information about volcanoes?
Technology that takes pictures of thermal energy (heat)
Where do the tectonic plates meet and show movement in an earthquake?
Fault
How are volcanoes also a constructive force?
When ocean volcanoes lava hardens and turns into rock, it creates islands
What could cause beaches to shrink?
Erosion by ocean waves
How can you prevent the effects of flooding?
retention pond
GIS maps can be used to limit the impact of flooding. In which two ways can the data from GIS maps be used?
to avoid building homes and businesses in areas that flood
to give people time to leave those areas