Definitions
The rupture and sudden movement of rocks along a break or crack in Earth's crust.
What is earthquakes?
What force creates earthquakes?
What is shear forces?
What are three types of volcanoes?
What is composite, cinder cone, shield?
What speed to tectonic plates move at?
What is a few centimeters a year?
What four things can cause physical weathering?
What is water, wind, plant roots,and ice.
A natural break in Earth's surface.
What is fault?
Where do earthquakes usually occur?
What is fault?
What are small pieces of solidified magma produced during explosive eruptions?
What is volcanic ash?
What is the mantle´s texture?
What is taffy-like?
In which climate does chemical weathering speed up?
What is warm.
soil
What is consists of weathered rock, mineral material, water, air, and organic matter?
What can occur after an earthquake?
What is a tsunami, landslide, and sometimes volcanoes?
What would you expect to see if you were looking at a volcano that´s erupting at a convergent boundary
What is a cloud of steam, some lava, volcanic ash?
Who created the theory of tectonic plates?
Why is the Dead Sea so salty?
What is evaporation.
caldera
What is large depression formed when the top of a volcano collapses?
Where do earthquakes usually occur in the U.S. and why?
What is West Coast because it is close to the plate boundary?
Name 2 things the tectonic plate theory is supported by
What is continental drift, fossil evidence, geological evidence?
What are the two parts of the crust?
What is continental and oceanic crust?
plate tectonics
What is theory that Earth's surface is broken into large rigid pieces that move with respect to eachother?
What is most responsible for the damage to buildings in earthquakes?
liquefacton.
Give one example of a location of cinder cone, shield, and composite volcano
What is Cinder Cone: Mount Etna, Mauna Kea. Shield: Mauna Loa. Composite: Mt. Fuji, Mt St. Helens?
What year was the tectonic plate theory created?
1912
how many km is the oceanic crust?
What is 7-10 km.