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Plate Tectonics
Processes and Waves
Quakes and Quirks
Plate Motion and More
Boundaries and ?
100
Plate tectonic theory states that Earth’s crust is broken into plates that move because of _____________ in the mantle.
What are convection currents?
100
2 processes most responsible for transforming sediment into sedimentary rock
What is cementation and compaction?
100
Both the Richter Scale or the Moment Magnitude Scale measure this...
What is the magnitude of an earthquake?
100
type of plate boundary is crust not created or destroyed
What is transform?
100
layer of the Earth is most affected by an earthquake
What is lithospheric crust?
200
Ocean crust is being pushed under _________ crust, where it melts back into the mantle in a subjuction zone
What is continental?
200
provides the necessary energy for creating igneous and metamorphic rocks
What is earth's interior (the core)?
200
climate conditions normally produce the greatest amount of chemical weathering
What is warm and moist (wet)?
200
determined from the location of an earthquake’s focus
What is the epicenter?
200
boundary type MOST likely to create an earthquake
What are convergent and transform fault boundaries?
300
Why are North Carolina residents unaware of most earthquake?
What is they are so minor they do not feel them?
300
these waves travel at a faster rate
What are P waves?
300
When granite melts and solidifies it becomes_______.
What is igneous rock?
300
rift valley is evidence of what type of plate boundary
What is divergent?
300
Boundary type where an earthquake is LEAST likely to occur
What are divergent boundaries?
400
most of the volcanoes that make up the Ring of Fire formed near this part of convergent boundaries.
What are subduction zones?
400
acid rain reacting with limestone bedrock is ___________ weathering
What is chemical?
400
seafloor feature in the Atlantic Ocean basin produces the most frequent volcanic activity
What is the mid-ocean ridge?
400
Two mechanisms for plate motion
What is convection, ridge push, and/or Slab pull?
400
Tsunami’s are deadly natural hazards that commonly are generated by ________.
What is lithospheric movement (where earthquakes occur)?
500
the point above the focus
What is the epicenter?
500
a state with highest seismic risk
What is California?
500
the first step a community should take to reduce the potential impact of an earthquake
What is assess the earthquake hazard, preparedness, and risk?
500
primary difference between magma and lava
What is location?
500
two factors that have the most influence on the development of soil
What is precipitation and temperature?