Earthquakes and Volcanoes
What type of boundary causes earthquakes?
transform
The three soil particle types.
sand, silt, clay
weathered rock particles create
What are sediments?
These are the three siesmic waves produced by earthquakes.
What are P, S and surface waves?
Divergent boundaries create...
rifts and ridges
The process that combines compaction and cementation.
Lithification
Another word for the chemical weathering that causes rust.
oxidation
Which type of earthquake wave comes first? Draw it.
P, slinky shape
Abrasion is what type of weathering?
mechanical
Without this metamorphic rock could not be formed.
What are heat and pressure?
Cold, wet climates see this type of weathering the most.
ice wedging
The Himalayas are formed at what boundary type?
convergent
Name three ways erosion can move rocks.
water, wind, ice
This area surrounds the Pacific Ocean and is where most volcanoes are located
What is The Ring of Fire?
What pieces of evidence support the theory of continental drift?
What processes have to happen to make igneous rock.
melting, cooling, crystalizing
Acid rain is an example of this type of weathering.
What is chemical weathering?