Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Stream beds carved out over time by moving water is an example of what.
What is erosion?
The physical features coming out of the earths crust
What is a Landform
This is what magma is called once it exits the earth's crust.
What is lava?
These are the ways Earth's plates move
What are transform, divergent, and convergent
This is what causes earthquakes
What is a transform fault boundary?
These rocks contain fossils.
What are sedimentary rocks?
A landslide is an example of this agent of erosion
What is gravity?
The landforms that make up a particular area
What is a landscape
True or False
Volcanoes only happen on mountains
What is false?
This is what causes earthquakes, volcanoes, and uplift
What is the movement of Tectonic Plates?
This type of plate boundary is what usually creates mountains
What is convergent boundary?
Sedimentary rocks with ocean fossils found in the mountains is evidence of this.
What is an ancient ocean that once covered those mountains?
Acid rain is an example of this process.
What is weathering?
Mountain, valley, volcano
What are examples of Landforms
What is molten rock?
This scientist believed that the continents were once one huge land mass.
Who is Alfred Wegener?
When there is an earthquake in the ocean causing the crust to shift it creates a huge wave called a this.
What is a tsunami?
This type of rock is changed by heat and pressure.
What is metamorphic?
When earth is moved by wind, water, or gravity.
What is erosion?
Alpine, coastal, rainforest
What are examples of landscapes
This is an area around the Pacific Ocean in which many earthquakes and volcanoes occur.
What is the ring of fire?
Millions of years ago all of the continents fit together into one giant continent called this.
What is Pangea?
Earthquakes can cause damage to these types of structures.
What are buildings, roads, bridges?
This is the reason igneous rock cannot contain fossils.
What is magma or lava would melt the fossils?
This is why the bottom of the ocean is sandy.
What is deposition?
Mountains and Mountain ranges
What makes up an alpine landscape
This is a famous volcano in Washington State that erupted in the early 1980's.
What is Mount St. Helens?
Two things occur at the boundaries of the plates
What are volcanoes and earthquakes?
This coast of the North America is most often affected by earthquakes.
What is the west coast?
Sandstone is an example of this type of rock.
What is sedimentary?