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Plate Tectonics
Landforms
Water Cycle
Disasters
Physical Processes
100
When plates collide head on they cause these
What are mountains
100
South Asia's Himalayas
What are mountains
100
This is what is needed to start evaporation
What is heat
100
sudden and violent plates sliding past each other cause these
What are earthquakes
100
water, ice, chemicals, and plants break down rock
What is weathering
200
When an ocean plate slides under a continental plate, it creates these
What are volcanoes
200
Florida is one
What is a peninsula
200
This is the process by which water vapor cools or condenses
What is condensation
200
this happened to Pomepei many years ago
What is a volcanic eruption
200
water, wind, and ice carry rock and soil away
What is erosion
300
When ocean plates pull apart, they create these
What are trenches
300
Central America
What is an isthmus
300
This can be in the form of rain, hail, sleet, or snow
What is Precipitation
300
This is an area around the Pacific Ocean where many volcanoes and earthquakes occur
What is the Ring of Fire
300
this occurs when water is polluted
What is habitat loss
400
This crack in the earth's crust is where earthquakes occur
What is a fault
400
an underwater platea
What is a continental shelf
400
This is when trees absorb the water and release some vapor back into the atmosphere
What is transpiration
400
This is what happened to people in Indonesia with very little warning, killing thousands
What is a tsunami
400
this is the result of the cutting down of a large number of trees
What is deforestation or soil erosion
500
the number of inches a plate can move each year
What is 1 to 7
500
Native Americans who lived in tepees and hunted buffalo live on this landform
What are the Plains
500
This is the percent of freshwater that is not frozen
What is 1 percent
500
This is melted rock that comes to the surface as lava
What is magma
500
the process by which water is taken into the atmosphere, condenses, and returns back to earth as precipitation
What is the water cycle