These pieces of the Earth's crust are also referred to as what
What are plate tectonics
This disaster happens when the water rises a significant amount
What is a flood
This plate boundary is usually a place where shearing happens
What is a Transform boundary
This happens when wind earth water break down rock
What is Weathering
This happens when 2 tectonic plates push into each other and start moving up
What is mountain formation
These rivers of ice are slowly melting away
What are glaciers
This kind of wave happens when an Earthquake happens underwater
What is a tsunami
Compression usually happens along this boundary
What is a convergent boundary
This happens when rock Rubs together and gets worn down
What is erosion
This is used to measure earthquakes
What is a seismometer
This plate tectonic has the most volcanos around its edges so it's referred as
What is the ring of fire
This kind of natural disaster happens when molten rock starts flowing out of a hole in a mountain
What is a volcanic eruption
This happens when a plate moves under another plate
What is subduction
This happens when rock is worn down and it gives out letting gravity do the rest
What is a landslide
This is used to measure the rotation near faults and volcanos
What is a tiltmeter
This piece of machinery is used to detect when a tsunami is about to happen
What is a surface buoy
This kind of shaking is made when 2 pieces of the earth crust break and cause shaking
What is an Earthquake
What something gets hotter the less dense it gets
What is convection
This happens when something is worn down after being used several times
What is mechanical weathering
This is another name for lava
What is Magma
The farther down you go the hotter each *blank* gets hotter
What are the 4 layers of earth
This kind of molten rock flows down volcanos
What is lava
This kind of Boundary usually is broken by transform faults along mid-ocean ridges
What is a divergent boundary
This happens when things like metal are worn down by air
What is Chemical weathering
These places are regions below sea level
What are ocean basins