Weathering and Erosion / Deposition
Whats the destructive process that breaks rock down?
Weathering
what type of boundaries form mid ocean ridges?
Divergent boundaries
what are the two types of waves associated with earthquakes?
P and S waves
What's the most common type of Volcanoes?
Composite
Whats the process where it transports broken down rock into places?
Erosion
most volcanoes are formed from what type of boundary?
Convergent
what is the numerical scale associated with seismographs?
1 to 10
which is the newest of the hawaii island?
Hawaii
What can move sediments and small rocks to cause erosion?
Wind, Water, ice, gravity
what is it called when oceanic plates slip under continental plates causing magma to rise up and form volcanoes?
subduction
strongest earthquake ever recorded?
9.4
Which is the most explosive type of volcano?
Composite
What can break up a building?
Mechanical Weathering
why does magma rise up during subduction?
because it is less dense than the surrounding material
why do earthquakes happen?
when rocks break along a fault, typically a transform boundary
High temperatures equals ____ viscosity?
Low
what type of boundaries are most associated with violent earthquakes?
transform boundaries
What is the oldest of the hawaii islands?
Kauai