earth quakes
glaciers
rivers
mr. saia said
100
p waves travel through liquids
What is a p wave
100
steep inlets of sea present at high latitudes where mountains are adjacent to ocean
What is fiord
100
verticle drop of stream over a specific distance
What is gradient
100
like the boy scouts say be prepared
What is his favorite line
200
s waves travel through solids
What is s wave
200
crevas - zone of fracture of irregular terrain surge - advance of some glaciers charcterized by periods of movements
What is crevass and surge
200
distributeris - water that is carried away from main channels in varing paths to base level deltas - sediments charged streams that enter still waters of a lake
What is distributaries and delta
200
i have failed evryone in a class before but 1 person dont make me do it again
What is saia threat
300
surfaces waves show the highest amplitude richter scale measures the energy released by earthqauke
What is surface wave n richter scale
300
tarns that fill with water and goes down as a valley stream . it is latin for our father because it looks like rosery beads and it is a depression in valley floors
What is paternoster lake
300
natural levees - run parallel to channels on both banks and they are built by sucessive flooding alluvial fans- steep mountain fronts that are fan shaped in deposits
What is natural levees and alluvial fan
300
talk about everything but the text book facts
What is saia favorite thing to do
400
largest lateral ground displacement - horizontal vibrating surface waves p waves arrive 1st at the recieving stations
What is ground displacement and wave
400
pleistonscene epoch: 4 major ice advances 1. wisconsin , 2. illonian , 3. nebraskan and 4. kansan 3 centers of ice accumulation:laurention ,keewatin, cordilleran 3 types of glaciers : ice sheet/cap, alpine or valley , piedmont
What is pleistonscene epoch , glaciers
400
large estuaries are common in submergent coastlines flood tides are rising tides , spring tides are occuring when sun, moon and earth align baymount - sand extending into a former inlet or esturay
What is large estuarie, flood tide , spring tide , baymount
400
the exam wont be on rocks
What is not going to be on the exam
500
elastic rebound theory created by reid , 1906 in san fransico seismic gaps are usally quiet zones known as active faults point of origination of earthquakes is focus
What is the theory
500
a. till unsorted , unstratified and rock debris from ice b. outwash sediments by melted glaciers terminos c. glaciofluvial river deposits rivermelt water on top of and the side of glaciers
What is glacial deposits
500
fetch is large expanse of open water were wind blows and makes waves deep water - wave depth thar is 1/2 wave length
What is fetch
500
poor , poor +, ok , ok+, good , excellent and dont forget this stinks
What is the grading system
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