Plate Tectonics and Boundaries
Plate Boundaries
Soil Profile and Earthquakes
Weathering and Erosion
Volcanoes and Glaciers
100
Who was Alfred Wegener?
Who is the scientist that first described Continental Drift.
100
True or False: P-waves will arrive before S-Waves.
True
100
What is the location on the surface, directly above an earthquake focus called?
What is the Epicenter?
100
Define weathering.
What is the process that breaks down a rock.
100
True or false: Glaciers form a V-Shaped valley.
False
200
More dense oceanic lithosphere will do what when it collides with less dense continental lithosphere? ( What will the CRUST do?, do not list features).
What is subduction?
or Oceanic crust will subduct under the continental crust.
200
Name one feature a divergent plate boundary will create over time.
Rift Valley or Midocean ridge
200
Seismic waves were used to develop what?
What is a model of the Earth's Interior?
200
What TWO types of weathering are there?
What is chemical and physical/mechanical weathering?
200
True or False: Movement along the bottom of the glacier is slower that movement at the top due to gravity.
What is True?
300
The crust and the outermost layer of the mantle form what?
The Lithosphere
300
Individual crustal plates, floating on molten material result in what?
What is Earth's surface features
300
Where will you find topsoil in a soil profile?
Horizon O and A
300
Running water causes erosion and what surface feature?
A)Deep Canyons
B)Wide rift valleys
C)Tall Mountains
D)Salty Oceans
What is A) Deep Canyons
300
Name the type of volcano that is the most explosive type.
What is a Composite Volcano?
400
Magnetic field reversals were used to confirm what process?
What is seafloor spreading.
400
What plate boundaries are responsible for earthquakes?
What are all plate boundaries: Transform, Convergent and Divergent boundaries.
400
What three sediment types is soil composed of?
What is sand, silt and clay?
400
List 2 examples that cause chemical weathering.
What is Algae, Acid Rain, or Lichens.
400
Which volcano is produced from runny (thin) lava and has a wide base?
What is a shield volcano?