As the wind blows against the rocks, the particles rub against the rocks and wear them down in a process called....
abrasion
100
What is a hotspot?
a plume of magma that is close to lithosphere and creates volcanoes as the plate moves above it, Hawaii and Yellowstone are examples.
100
Rainstorm washes sand and sediment into the Colorado river, which eventually deposits the sediments into the ocean. This process is called....
There are 2 answers.
Erosion and deposition
100
Name the 4 layers of Earth.
Inner core
Outer core
Mantle
Crust
100
Which type of plate boundary has two plates that slide along each other?
Transform.
200
Granite and basalt are type of _______ rocks.
igneous
200
How many types of weathering are there? Name them.
There are 2 types of weathering, physical and chemical.
200
What are the most common types of erosion?
Erosion by wind, water, and ice.
200
Which layer is the hottest?
The inner core.
200
What is the difference in lava and magma?
lava is outside the Earth and magma is inside.
300
What causes a rock to turn into sediments? There are 2 answers.
Weathering and erosion.
300
Name 3 processes that glaciers cause?
Erosion
Weathering
Deposition
300
What causes landslides?
Gravity
300
Which layer of the earth is the densest?
The inner core.
300
What is the name of the scale used to measure the strength of an earthquake?
The Richter Scale
400
The volcano Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii is erupting and lava is ejected from the volcano vent. The lava solidifies to form what type of rock?
Extrusive Igneous.
400
Which one of the following is NOT one of the three types of plate boundaries?
A. Divergent
B. Hotspot
C. Convergent
D. Transform
B. Hotspot
400
What is erosion?
The process of materials moving from their source to another location through weathering.
400
What are the 3 types of plate boundaries?
Transform
Convergent
Divergent
400
What is a caldera?
A large hole at the top of a volcano. It forms when land collapses are the volcano erupts.
500
What type of rock is formed from extensive heat and pressure?
Metamorphic rock.
500
Which geological process causes earthquakes?
Plate tectonics.
500
What is the rapid downhill movement of large amounts of rock, soil, and other materials?
Landslide
500
The crust has cracks in it. What do those cracks create?
Tectonic Plates
500
Due to the gap created plates pulling apart from each other, magma will often come to the earth's surface. What type of plate boundary is that called?