Landforms/Boundary/Stress
The type of stress that occurs at Transform Boundaries
What is Shear Stress?
The type of stress at Continental Interiors
What is No Stress?
Tree roots cracking Earth's surface into smaller pieces is an example of
What is Mechanical/Physical Weathering?
Rock formed from the cooling of lava at Earth's surface
What is Igneous Rock?
Compression Stress is when
What are Two plates Colliding?
The stress that occurs at Convergent Boundaries
What is Compression Stress?
The stress that occurs at Divergent Boundaries
What is Tension Stress?
Salt water corrosion at the bottom of a boat is an example of
What is Chemical Weathering?
Fossils can be found in this type of rock
What is Sedimentary Rock?
Tension Stress is when
What are Two Plates Pulling Apart?
The landform created at Transform Boundaries
What is a Fault Zone?
The two landforms at Divergent Boundaries
What are Mid-Ocean Ridges and Continental Rift Valleys?
The four types of Erosion
What is Wind, Water, Glacial, and Gravitational?
The two factors that transform existing rock into metamorphic rock
What is heat and pressure?
Shear Stress is when
What are Two Plates Sliding Past Each Other in Opposite Directions?
The three landforms that are created at Convergent Boundaries
What are Mountains, Volcanic Arcs, and Ocean Trenches?
The three landforms at Continental Interiors
What are Plains, Plateaus and Basins?
A rock slide falling and covering the road is an example of
What is Gravitational Erosion?
Sedimentary Rock is formed through _______ and ________ of sediments
What is Deposition and Solidification
The chemical or physical breakdown of rock
What is Weathering?
Basins are important for people because they provide
What are fossil fuels?
Landforms near edges of continents have _______ while landforms in the middle of continents have ________
What is high elevation and low elevation?
A canyon forming by a river that runs through an uplift plateau is an example of
What is Water Erosion?
RANDOM BONUS: Name the two factors that change the shape and size of continents and landforms
What is Weathering and Erosion?
The movement of weathered materials
What is Erosion