Dynamic Landscapes
This is the upward movement of the land surface
What is uplift?
This is the primary force that causes mass wasting
What is gravity?
This is where atmospheric gas molecules are most concentrated
Where is the surface of the Earth?
Uplift needed for cloud formation can be achieved by front lifting and this...
What is the Rain Shadow Effect?
This is the amount of reflection of a surface
What is albedo?
This is the settling of materials into a new area
what is deposition?
This is the type of mudflow in which volcanic materials flow from the mountain
What is a lahar?
This is the atmospheric layer where all weather occurs
What is the troposphere?
These are high altitude clouds that are made of entirely ice crystals
What are cirrus clouds?
This is the event that changed the course of human history more than any other event in history
What is the industrial revolution?
This is Earth's major water reservoir
What are the oceans?
This type of mass wasting event is very sudden and involves rocks fall down a non-vertical surface
What is a rockslide?
This is the boundary between two air masses
What is a front?
These are clouds that are formed from a warm front and produce precipitation
What are nimbostratus?
This is the development of behaviors and technologies that allow humans to live with the environmental changes and societal consequences brought about by global climate change
What is adaptation?
These are the two types of weathering
What are physical and chemical?
This is the cliff that forms after a slumping event occurs
What is head scrap?
This is the measurement of water vapor relative to air temperature
What is relative humidity?
This develops when the temp of the air near the Earth’s surface is very different from the air temperature directly above and is due to density differences
What is a mirage?
This is concept that the amount of energy arriving at the Earth from the Sun must equal the amount of energy emitted into space by the Earth
What is Energy balance (or energy budget)?
This is breakage that occurs in rock due to freezing and thawing cycles
What is frost wedging?
These rank and plot regions according to the likelihood a mass wasting event will occur.
What are landslide potential maps?
These use microwaves to monitor severe weather
What are weather satellites?
This is how cloud droplets come into contact with one another and merge to for raindrops
What is collision-coalescence?
This is the map designed to show climate zones
What is the Köppen-Geiger climate classification?