Plate Tectonics
The relatively soft layer of the upper mantle
What is the asthenosphere
These carry energy from an earthquake away from the focus, through the earth's solid interior and across the surface
What are seismic waves
When molten material cools and hardens beneath the earth's surface, this type of rock forms.
What is igneous rock
Flood plains, alluvial fans and deltas are created by this process.
What is deposition?
What is a hot spot volcano
A steep cone shaped volcanic mountain made up of volcanic ash, cinders, and bombs
What is a cinder cone
They type of weathering in which rock is physically broken into smaller pieces.
What is mechanical weathering
3 landforms that can be created by rivers or streams
What are channels, valleys, canyons, meanders, oxbow lakes, floodplains and deltas
The process that powers Plate Tectonics
What is convection
The convergent boundaries around the Pacific Ocean where there are lots of volcanoes.
What is The Ring of Fire
A meander that has been cut off from the river
What is an ox bow lake
The era where dinosaurs roamed the Earth and there was mass extinction by an asteriod
What is the Mesozoic Era?
When molten material erupts through the center of a mid-ocean ridge and later hardens to form rock of the ocean floor.
What is sea floor spreading
A large volcano built of alternating layers of rock, ash and lava
What is a composite volcano
Water, Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide, Living Organisms, and Acid Rain all cause this type of weathering
What is chemical weathering
The three types of stress that form new landforms
What is tension, compression and shearing?
He Hypothesized that all continents were once joined together, and have since drifted apart
Who is Wegner (Alfred Wegner)
When the hanging wall of the fault slips down and and fault block mountains can occur
What is a normal fault
Two examples of wind erosion.
What are deflation and abrasion?
A resource that is found inside the earth, and they took millions of years to form. These include the fossil fuels, oil, natural gas, and coal and nuclear energy
What is a non-renewable resource?