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Geological Processes
Rock Cycle
Natural Disasters
Weather/Climate
100

The gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time

What is continental drift?

100
molten rock on the surface of the Earth
What is lava
100

A storm that caused widespread power outages

What is an ice storm?

100
geographic coordinate that specifies the north-south position of a point on the Earth's surface
What is latitude
200

This movement occurs when plates move toward each other

What are converging plates?

200
this current forms when hot magma rises and cool magma falls
What is convection currents
200

Pressure builds below the earth’s surface producing eruptions

What is a volcano?

200
geographic coordinate that specifies the east- west position of a point on the Earth's surface
What is Longitude
300

This movement occurs when plates move away from each other

What are diverging plates?

300
creation of new rock; a cycle that rocks undergo, over time, changing from one form to another
What is the rock cycle
300

Most frequent natural disaster in Canada...

What is a flood?

300
state of the atmosphere for a particular place on a given day
What is Weather
400

This movement occurs when plates slide past each other in opposite directions

What are transforming plates?

400
formed when magma cools and hardens
What is igneous rock
400

Large waves that are a result of earthquakes, volcanoes, or landslides under the ocean...

What is a tsunami?

400
average weather conditions over a period of time
What is Climate
500

A supercontinent that included all the world's landmasses in the late Paleozoic and, according to the theory of plate tectonics

What is Pangaea?

500
formed when heat and pressure is applied to older parent rock deep under the Earth's surface
What is metamorphic rock
500

A path along the Pacific Ocean characterized by active volcanoes and frequent earthquakes

What is the Ring of Fire?

500

What are the 6 factors that affect climate?

What are Latitude, Ocean currents, Wind and Air mass, Elevation, Relief, Near Water?