Weathering & Erosion
Earth's Crust
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Anything Goes
100
A natural method that breaks apart large rocks into smaller rocks.
What is weathering?
100
Weathing and erosion are known as this because they break things down.
What are destructive forces?
100
This boundary results in most earthquakes.
What is transform boundary?
100
Magma that reaches the earth's surface is called____.
What is lava?
100
The continents were once connected to form a super continent called ___________.
What is Pangaea?
200
Plant roots growing through the sidewalk and causing it to crack is an example of this
What is physical weathering?
200
Name earth's 3 layers.
What are crust, mantle and core?
200
Earthquakes can be _________________ by scientists.
What is measured?
200
Where most volcanoes form on earth.
What is underwater?
200
Name the boundary that does not have mountains.
What is transform boundary?
300
The moving of rocks and soil to another place using wind and rain.
What is erosion?
300
The earth's mantle continues to stay heated by this process.
What is convection?
300
Energy that spreads through the earth's crust during an earthquake.
What is seismic wave?
300
Hawaii is an example of this.
What are volcanic islands?
300
Water dripping in a cave and changing the shape of the rock is an example of this.
What is chemical weathering?
400
Objects that are dropped off at different locations such as soil and rocks.
What is deposition?
400
Name the 2 boundaries where mountians are formed.
What are convergent and divergent?
400
Tsunamis are caused by _______________.
What are underwater earthquakes?
400
The 3 types of volcanoes
What are extinct, dormant and active?
400
Recall the graham cracker activity for tectonic plates. The frosting represented ______________.
What is mantle or magma?
500
Name the 3 ways the earth's surface changes over a long period of time.
What are weathering, erosion and deposition?
500
This theory explains why the land masses drifted apart.
What is continential drift?
500
Warning sign that a Tsunami is about to happen?
What is water level dropping?
500
Volcanoes on land form at ___________ boundaries and volcanoes under water form at _______________ boundaries.
What are convergent and divergent boundaries?
500
Recall the video on earthquakes. The two girls were in the state of _____________ .
What is California?
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