Earth Systems 1
Breaking apart of rocks by rain, wind, heat, or ice.
Weathering
Magma when in ground, Lava when it enters our atmosphere.
The type of plates that pull apart
Divergent
The moving of rocks with wind or water...
Erosion
Volcanoes are caused by
Tectonic Plates
The plates that collide...
Subduction.
The dropping of rocks to a new location...
Deposition
Volcanoes create what landforms
Hills, Mountains, or Islands.
Plates that glide against each other...
Lateral Slipping
Weathering, Erosion, and Deposition all alter or change...
Landforms and the Earth's surface.
Rare gems/metals, fertile soil, heat energy for electricity.
The plates are found in the layer called
Lithosphere
Two types of weathering
Chemical and physical.
What two scientific terms cause sinkholes?
How fast are these plates moving and are they always moving?
Very, very slow and always moving.