Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition
Stream beds carved out over time by moving water is an example of what.
What is erosion?
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?
Which breaks? Erosion or weathering
Weathering
The chain of volcanic activity around the Pacific Plate is called the
Ring of Fire
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?
These rocks form from cooled lava.
What are igneous rocks?
Rain and wind cause are two types of....
Weathering
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?
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?
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 US state is mostly on a fault line. It has many earthquakes!
What is California?
This rock is formed by layers of sand that have cemented together over time.
What is sedimentary?