Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Landforms
Weathering & Erosion
Vocab
100
Extinct
What is a sleeping volcano called?
100
3 stations
What is the number of stations needed to find the epicenter of an earthquake?
100
Plain
What is a wide,flat area called?
100
When gases from factories enter the air and combine with the rain.
What is acid rain
100
This is a place that is easily flooded when river water rises.
What is a floodplain?
200
Lava
What is magma called when it's outside of a volcano?
200
Richter Scale
What is the instrument called that is needed to measure an earthquake?
200
Glacier
What is a large mass of flowing ice
200
It is caused by temperature changes,pushing,pulling,or rubbing.
What is physical weathering?
200
These are gentle curves,sometimes form in rivers with slow moving water.
What are meanders?
300
Cinder Cone,Shield,and Commposite
What are the three types of volcanoes?
300
Focus
What is the place where people first feel an earthquake?
300
Beach
What is the land along the edge of a body of water called?
300
This occurs when chemicals break down rock.
What is chemical weathering?
300
This is particles of soil and rock that are inside the meander.
What is sediment?
400
Dormant
What is the sleeping type of volcano called?
400
A 10.0 on the Richter Scale.
What is the highest rating for an earthquake?
400
Desert
What is an area with very little precipitation?
400
This can be caused by gravity,glaciers,running water,waves,or wind.
What is erosion?
400
This is the process through which rocks and other materials are broken down.
What is weathering?
500
Magma Chamber
What is the chamber called inside the volcano.
500
Primary,Secondary,and Surface waves
What are the three types of waves in an earthquake?
500
A mountain
What rises high above the ground?
500
This is the process of which eroded rock is dropped off in another place.
What is deposition?
500
This is the process through which weathered rock is moved from one place to another.
What is erosion?
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