vocabulary
the moving of weathered material
erosion
type of force that occurs at a convergent boundary
compression
Explosive eruptions eject _____ high into the atmosphere
volcanic ash
broken minerals and rocks
sediment
Which agent of erosion causes sand dunes?
wind
large depression in the center of a volcano
caldera
hypothesis that continents move over time
continental drift
Place where volcanoes form away from plate boundaries
hot spot
breaking down rock but not changing its makeup
physical weathering
tectonic plates slide horizontally past each other at _____
transform boundaries
long streams of molten rock
lava flow
theory that Earth is broken into rigid moving plates
The theory of Plate Tectonics
Type of plate boundary where volcanoes DON'T usually form
transform
weathered rock, mineral mat3erials, and organic matter make up ___
soil
The force produced when two plates move away from each other
tension
where two plates move toward each other
convergent boundary
What landforms form when two plates collide?
mountains or subduction zones
Effect of an earthquake that causes the most damage to buildings
liquefaction
three agents of erosion
wind, water, ice
Sediment is deposited where the glacier ice melts forming ____
moraines
side-by-side dragging force at transform boundaries
shear
name 4 evidences that support continental drift
puzzle pieces, fossils, geological evidence, climate
surface along which the crust moves
fault
when water seeps into cracks in concrete, freezes, and expands, breaking the concrete
frost wedging
When fast moving water hits a large body of water, it slows, deposits the sediment it was carrying, and forms a ____
delta