VOCABULARY
_____ is the geological process that occurs when 2 oceanic plates move apart.
What is seafloor spreading?
WHAT CAUSES THE TECTONIC PLATES TO MOVE?
What is convection?
WHAT IS THE THREE MAIN LAYERS OF EARTH?
What is mantle, crust, and core?
WHAT ARE THE TWO TYPES OF WEATHERING?
What are mechanical and chemical?
____ is the study of Earth.
What is geology?
WHICH PLATE SUBDUCTS?
What is the most dense plate?
WHAT IS THE ONLY SUBLAYER THAT IS COMPLETLY LIQUID?
What is outer core?
WHICH TYPES OF WEATHERING OCCURS FASTEST?
What is mechanical?
WHAT GEOLOGIC PROCESS CAUSES AN EARTHQUAKE?
What is stress?
A crack in Earth's outer layers is known as a _____.
What is fault?
AT WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY DO TRENCHES FORM? BE SPECIFIC!
What is convergent including an oceanic plate?
WHAT TWO MAJOR LAYERS HAVE THE LESS DENSE ELEMENTS?
What is mantle and crust?
______ are small particles of rocks that form when rock breaks down.
What is sediments?
What is the only other planet, besides Earth, in our solar system that has a volcano?
What is Mars?
WHAT GEOLOGIC PROCESS CAUSES EARTHQUAKES?
What is stress?
AT WHICH TYPE OF PLATE BOUNDARY ARE NO VOLCANOES FORMED?
What is transform?
WHAT ARE IS EARTH'S CORE MADE OF?
What are metals?
_____ IS WHEN THE WIND/ WATER/ GLACIER DROPS THE MATERIALS THEY ARE ERODING.
What is deposition?
WHERE IS THE LARGEST VOLCANO ON EARTH LOCATED?
What is at the mid Atlantic Ridge?
When rock is picked up and carried to a new location by natural processes?
What is erosion?
WHAT IS THE GEOLOGIC PROCESS CALLED WHEN TWO CONTINENTAL PLATES DIVERGE?
What is Rifting?
WHAT ARE THE THREE SUBLAYERS OF THE MANTLE?
What are lithosphere, asthenosphere and mesosphere?
ABOUT _____ PERCENT OF EARTH'S WATER IS FOUND IN SALTY OCEANS AND SEAS?
What is 97%?