Earthquakes and Volcanoes
The location where an earthquake is triggered underground.
Focus or origin.
All rivers receive their water from this. Its input.
precipitation (rain, snow, sleet, hail)
Constructive.
In equatorial climates, the sun is always at a vertical angle, giving maximum amounts of this.
insolation
Inputs, processes, outputs, and this.
reinvestment
The most deadly type of volcano.
Strato-volcano or composite or cone
The amount of water in a river.
discharge.
Use sheer weight and power, as well as air trapped in cracks to break away rock and form cliffs and platforms.
hydraulic action.
26 degrees C
Industries that put together parts made elsewhere.
Assembly.
Volcanoes and earthquakes typically occur along these.
Plate boundaries or margins.
all of the area drained by a river.
drainage basin
coastal depositional landforms are created by this process.
longshore drift
Most desert region climates are caused by their
prevailing winds
length of the wet part of a river.
wetted perimeter
Areas under the earth's surface that are hotter than others. Hawaii is an example.
Hot spots
Process of a river eroding its banks and widening its channel.
lateral erosion
coral that grows away from the mainland in shallower areas.
barrier reefs
Plants that live on trees above ground level to get light
epiphytes
The most famous volcano in Hawaii
Mauna Loa
This is responsible for moving plates towards or away from each other.
Convection currents.
hydrographs
when a beach or sand spit joins with an offshore island this is formed
tombolo
These eat the producers
primary consumers
The maximum depth that coral can grow.
50 meters