global warming
what is a green house gas
co2
what do you use to measure tornados?
EF Scale.
what is the center of a hurricane?
the eye
what is a earthquake?
when to plates clides
what are divergent plates
when places separate
What makes green house gases?
Cars, Factory
where does molten lava come out of a volcano?
what is a vent?
how long can a hurricane last?
up t0 1 week at least
how many earthquakes happen a year
14,000
what is the deepest trench in the world?
Mariana
what is global warming?
global warming is the warming of the planet.
what is magma
Molten (melted) rocks found deep in the earth.
what is rain bands?
The spiral bands of clouds surrounding the eye wall. The largest part of a hurricane?
what are convergent boundary?
the boundary formed by the collision of two lithospheric plates
what are 3 devastating pieces of nature?
sunomys,hurricans, volcanos
what is the some of the green house
co2,n.20,cfcs
what is the ring of fire
the larger area of volcanos in the Pacific Ocean.
what tropical wave?
A large, unorganized area of rain and thunderstorms. The first step in a hurricanes devleopment.
what is a lithosphere?
the rigid outer layer of earth, including the crust and upper mantle?
what are Normal Fault?
a fault where the hanging wall slides down?
what marine life is being effected by global warming?
all sea life
what is a crater
The bowl shaped impression left after a volcano explodes.
what tropical depression?
A storm spinning counterclockwise with winds less than 39 mph.
what are P-waves?
the fastest type of seismic wave; can travel through solids, liquids, and gases; also known as pressure waves and primary waves.
Which boundary creates a reverse/thrust fault?
convergent