The process of through which rocks or other materials are broken down.
Weathering
100
True or False: Magma is outside of the volcano and lava is on the inside.
False: Magma is on the inside of the volcano and lava is on the outside.
100
Large body of salt water
Ocean
100
Where does an earthquake start?
Epicenter
100
What is acid rain?
When chemicals get in the air from factories and it starts to rain.
200
Gentle curves, sometimes form in slow-flowing water.
Meanders
200
What is lava? What is Magma?
Lava: Magma on the outside of the volcano
Magma: Hot melted rock on the inside of the volcano.
200
Where a body of water meets land
Coast
200
Most of the time where earthquakes occur. It is a crack in Earth's surface.
Fault Line
200
True or False: The Statue of Liberty was turned green from chemical weathering.
True
300
Areas where an ocean-floor plate is pushed under another ocean-floor plate forms what.
Island Arc
300
Name The Three Types Of Volcanoes
Shield, Cindercone, Composite
300
Small river or stream
Tributary
300
What is tectonic plate theory"?
a theory in geology: the lithosphere of the earth is divided into a small number of plates which float on and travel independently over the mantle and much of the earth's seismic activity occurs at the boundaries of these plates.
300
What is physical weathering?
When say rain freeze's in cracks in cement it starts to push and rub.
400
When a plate passes over a stationary pool of magma it is what?
Hot Spot
400
Name 1 or 2 Super Volcanoes.
Yellowstone or Pompeii
400
That part of the mouth or lower course of a river in which the river's current meets the sea's tide.
Estuary
400
What is the Richter Scale?
A scale that measures the magnitude of an earthquake.
400
What is chemical weathering?
It is when chemicals mix with something and for example it can decolor it.
500
The Hawaiian Islands are an _________.
Island Chains
500
When Yellowstone Erupts Will It Hit Illinois?
Yes
500
A land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
Plateau
500
How does a tsunami form?
It most of the time has to be 6.5 earthquake under water.
500
What does West Virginia see a lot of in our roads and what caused it?