Glaciers
A thick ice mass that forms
above the snowline over hundreds or
thousands of years.
The lifting and removal of loose
particles such as clay and silt.
What is deflation.
Earthquakes are preceded by..
What are foreshocks.
How long does it take for a tsunami to reach Honolulu from the Aleutian Islands?
What is 5 hours.
The Earth's outermost surface.
Period of time when much of
the Earth was covered in glaciers.
What is an Ice Age.
A layer of coarse pebbles
and gravel created when wind removed the
finer material
What is desert pavement.
Earthquakes are sometimes followed by...
What is aftershocks.
How long does it take for a tsunami to reach Honolulu from South America?
What is 12 hours.
Below the Earth's surface is..
What is the mantle.
Enormous ice masses that flow in
all directions from one or more centers and cover
everything but the highest land.
Winds commonly deposit sand in mounds or ridges called..
What are dunes.
How many recording stations are needed to find an epicenter?
Does the speed of a tsunami get faster or slower as it approaches the shore?
What is slower.
What is the layer between the inner core and the mantle?
U-shaped valley that was
once V-shaped but was deepen by a glacier.
What is a glacial trough.
Does most of the erosional work
in deserts.
What is water.
Another term for the Circum-Pacific belt.
What is the Ring of Fire.
Is there short-term prediction for tsunamis?
What is the inner core.
Ridges composed largely of sand and
gravel deposited by a stream flowing beneath a
glacier near its terminus
What are eskers.
Deposits of windblown silt
What is loess.
A scale used to measure the magnitude and intensity of an earthquake.
Is there long-term prediction of tsunamis?
What is yes, there is based on repetition and probability of an earthquake underwater.
Based on physical properties, what is the crust and uppermost mantle called?
What is the lithosphere.