Plate Tectonics
Convergent, Divergent, and transform are types of this?
Tectonic plate boundaries
What process turns sediment into rocks?
What is Sedimentation.
What is the sudden movement of rock and soil downhill?
Landslide
What is the main source of energy for the water cycle?
The Sun
What force keeps planets in orbit around the Sun?
Gravity
What are two transform boundaries?
Sinistral (left-lateral) Dextral (right-lateral)
What type of rock forms from cooling magma?
What is an igneous rock
What process breaks rocks into smaller pieces?
Weathering
What process causes lake-effect snow?
Cold air moving over warm lake water.
What is the spinning motion of Earth on its axis called?
Rotation
Explain the difference between ridge and slab in plate tectonics
A slab pull is when force is exerted by the weight of the subducted slab on the plate that it is attached to while a Ridge push is the pressure exerted by the excess height.
What type of sedimentary rock is made from compacted plant material?
Coal
What natural disaster is caused by shifting tectonic plates?
Earthquake
What effect do ocean currents have on regional climate?
They regulate temperatures by moving warm and cold water.
What causes the different phases of the Moon?
The Moon's revolution around Earth.
How does transfer of thermal energy relate to earthquake and volcanoes?
It drives Tectonic plate movement which causes earthquakes and volcanoes.
What is a common metamorphic rock used for buildings and sculptures?
Marble
What process moves weathered rocks from one place to another?
Erosion
What causes tides on Earth?
The moon's gravity
What is the difference between inner and outer planets?
Inner planets are rocky while outer planets are gas giants.
What is the process of a plate where when oceanic crust collides with a plate that has continental crust, the oceanic crust sinks into the asthenosphere.
Subduction zone
What is the process of rocks changing from one type to another over time?
What is the rock cycle.
What process creates new land from lava
Volcanic eruption
What are the four main [arts of the water cycle?
Evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff/infiltration
What causes solar and lunar eclipses?
The alignment of the Earth, Moon, and Sun