Erosion
What is erosion?
The process that earth gets worn down by wind, water, ice, Etc.
What an example of a sudden earth event?
Tsunami, Volcano, and Earthquakes.
What are plate tectonics?
Plate tectonic are massive plates under the crust that are constantly moving and rotating.
What is a streak?
The powder that gets left behind from a rock when you throw or scratch it.
What is Earth's biggest layer?
Mantle.
What is weathering?
When rocks get broken or wearing down by biological things
What is it called when 2 tectonic plate collide and create shake?
Earthquakes!!!!!!!!!
What can plate tectonic plates create?
They can create mountains, hills, tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanos.
Sedimentary, Metamorphic, and Igneous.
How many layers does earth have?
How do landslides happen?
When the force of gravity acts on a slope with greater power then the resisting force.
What is the ritcher scale?
Is a scale that measures earthquakes
What is the fault line?
A zone between 2 or more tectonic plates.
What is the hardest rock?
Diamond.
Whatis the crust made up of?
The crust is made out of stone, rocks, dirt, and tectonic plates.
How does erosion affect the earth?
Erosion creates pollution, and sedimentation in rivers, as well as creating valleys and changing Earth's surface
How do volcanos erupt?
BONUS: How do volcanos form?
From stress, a small gap between the tectonic plates and the magma breaks out
Bonus: Volcanos form when 2 tectonic plates create a upward push creating a moutain with magma.
What is contential drift?
The way each contents plate moves away or closer to another.
What are rocks made up of?
Tiny deposits of other rocks and minerals.
What layer are the tectonic plates on?
What are 5 examples of erosion?
Wind, Glacier, Water, Ice, Sheet, Etc.
How can you detect a tsunami?
You can detect a tsunami by using gauges that are on the bottom of the ocean that measure the water pressure therefore giving a alert.
What is the difference between diverging boundaries and converging boundaries.
Diverging boundaries are when 2 tectonic plates are resisting and splitting apart while converging is when they are squishing together and pushing at each other.
How can rocks get moved around?
Rocks can be moved around via wind, water, Etc.
What is the lithosphere?