Plate Tectonics
Rocks and Waves
Weather and Climate

Plate Motion and More
Boundaries and ?
100
Plate tectonic theory states that Earth’s crust is broken into plates that move because of _____________ in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
100
a processes most responsible for transforming sediment into sedimentary rock
What is cementation or compaction?
100
most likely front to occur when a mass of cold air moves into a region occupied by warmer air
What is a cold front?
100
type of plate boundary is crust not created or destroyed
What is transform?
100
layer of the Earth is most affected by an earthquake
What is lithospheric crust?
200
Ocean crust is being pushed under _________ crust, where it melts back into the mantle
What is continental?
200
What provides the necessary energy for creating igneous and metamorphic rocks
What is earth's interior (the core)?
200
The higher water table _____________ flooding
What is increases?
200
determined from the location of an earthquake’s focus
What is the epicenter?
200
boundary type MOST likely to create an earthquake
What are convergent boundaries?
300
the point above the focus
What is the epicenter?
300
Which earthquake waves travel at a faster rate
What are P waves?
300
warm air moves _____ and cold air moves _____
What is up and down?
300
rift valley is evidence of what type of plate boundary
What is divergent?
300
Boundary type where an earthquake is LEAST likely to occur
What are transform boundaries?
400
rift valley is evidence of what type of plate boundary
What is divergent?
400
acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock causes ___________ weathering
What is chemical?
400
temperature changes over time is _________ and atmospheric conditions during one day is ___________
What is climate and weather?
400
Two mechanisms for plate motion
What is convection, ridge push, and/or Slab pull?
400
Tsunami’s are deadly natural hazards that commonly are generated by ________.
What is lithosphere (where earthquakes occur)?
500
DAILY DOUBLE Why are North Carolina residents unaware of most earthquakes?
What is they are so minor they do not feel them?
500
a state with highest seismic risk
What is California?
500
primary difference between magma and lava
What is location?
500
two factors that have the most influence on the development of soil
What is precipitation and temperature?
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