Forces shaping the Earth
What are some types of tectonic plate collisions called?
Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and faults
How are different land forms created?
What do you call predictable patterns over a area over many years?
Climate
What can air pollution cause?
What is weather?
Weather is the change of temperature, wind direction and speed.
How are earthquakes formed?
Earth quakes are formed through a collision of a content and a ocean tectonic plate.
Whats the difference between trenches and a Continental shelf?
Continental shelf's stretch for several miles underwater and at the end of the shelf the land drops sharply to the ocean floor. Trenches are deep cuts in the ocean floor.
What do you call winds that are similar over time?
Prevailing winds.
What do farmers do to preserve their good top soil?
What is climate?
Climate is the predictable patterns of weather in an area over many years.
How are Volcanoes formed?
Volcanoes are formed from a continental tectonic plate and oceanic tectonic plate colliding and pushing magma up and forming a volcanic mountain.
How does groundwater get to the ocean?
The water travels through the ground and eventually pours out into a river which then goes to the ocean.
What are some types of storms that occur in the ocean?
Typhoons and hurricanes.
How does deforestation effect the environment.
Because if you don't plant the trees back there wont be as much trees which means less homes for animals and a lot less wood for people and less oxygen over time.
How is air pollution caused?
Chemicals, chemicals in evaporation.
Because the oceanic and Continental tectonic plates collide to make both earthquakes and volcanoes. So it would make sense for it to form close to the ocean because that is where the oceanic tectonic plates are formed.
How do you get from evaporation to condensation then to precipitation?
The water evaporates from lakes and streams and goes up to the clouds and comes back down to the ocean in either rain, snow, hail, or sleet.
Why are urban climates hotter then other climates?
Urban climates are hotter then other climates because of paved streets, stone buildings absorb a lot of heat and release it.
How can conservation of water help the future?
What is deforestation?
The theory of all the continents being conjoined at one point is called Pangaea. Over time the continents have shifted to take the continents apart from each other.
What are the 4 stages of the water cycle in order?
Evaporation to condensation to precipitation to runoff.
What are types of climate zones?
Rain forests. deserts, grasslands, and tundras.
What is the greenhouse effect?
The greenhouse effect is where the atmosphere traps the suns warmth to where it stays a good temperature and doesn't get too cold.
What is the point of crop rotation?
People use the process of crop rotation of to keep the topsoil healthy.