Vocabulary
This is molten rock found deep within the Earth
What is magma?
These rocks form due to intense heat and pressure, deep within Earth
What are metamorphic rocks?
The San Andreas Fault is an example of this
What is a transform plate boundary?
This point can be found directly below the epicenter
What is the focus?
This geographic feature forms as a result of continental-continental convergent plates
What are mountain ranges?
The process by which an agent of erosion loses energy and drops the sediment it is carrying
What is deposition?
Oxidation and acid rain are two examples of this type of weathering
What is chemical weathering?
This type of plate boundary can be associated with rift valleys and mid-ocean ridges
What is divergent?
These waves are first to arrive when there's an earthquake
What are p waves (primary waves)?
This rock forms when magma hardens beneath Earth's surface
What is intrusive igneous rock?
This occurs when oceanic crust is being pushed down into the mantle beneath a second plate
What is subduction?
Basalt and granite are two examples of this, often glassy, rock type
What is igneous rock?
The Alps are a result of two plates pushing against each other, resulting in this type of boundary
What is convergent?
This form of renewable energy comes from deep within the Earth
What is geothermal energy?
The energy that drives Earth's rock cycle comes from these TWO sources
What is the sun and Earth's interior?
A large, fast moving cloud of ash and debris
What is a pyroclastic cloud?
This is another word for compaction, which occurs in sedimentary rock layers
What is lithification?
This force causes tectonic plate movement
What is convection?
Most volcanoes are found in these three locations
What are convergent boundaries, divergent boundaries, and hot spots
This mudflow occurs when volcanoes become weak and pieces of the mountain slide away
What is lahar?
This gives metamorphic rocks their ribbon-like appearance
What is foliation?
Gravity, running water, glaciers, waves, and wind are examples of these
What are agents of erosion?
Alfred Wegner proposed his continental drift theory using these three pieces of evidence as support
What are rock formations, fossils, and ancient climate?
This is a huge hole left behind when a volcanic mountain collapses
What is a caldera?
This type of climate conditions provide the environment with the slowest rate of mechanical weathering
What is cold and dry?