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Plate Tectonics
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Destructive Processes
Geography
100
Name two tectonic plates.
What is ....there are a lot!
100
Where is the magma stored in a volcano?
What is magma chamber.
100
At what boundary do earthquakes occur?
What is TRANSFORM.
100
Name a destructive process that changes Earth's surface.
What is weathering and erosion, or natural disasters.
100
Name all the continents.
What is Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, Antartica, Australia.
200
What are the three boundaries?
What is convergent, divergent, transform.
200
Are volcanoes constructive or destructive processes?
What is constructive.
200
What do we use to measure the MAGNITUDE of an earthquake?
What is Richter Scale. (Or seismograph)
200
Name three forces that weather Earth's crust.
What is water, wind, humans.
200
Name all the oceans
What is Indian, Atlantic, Southern, Pacific, Arctic
300
What is going on at a divergent boundary, and what is created?
What is the plates are moving apart and trenches can form...as well as new crust!
300
What famous Italian city did Mt. Vesuvius bury in a horrible eruption in 79 AD. ?
What is Pompeii.
300
What are large cracks in earth's surface called?
What is faults.
300
Give a brief definition of weathering.
What is the destructive process that breaks down rock, land, and landforms.
300
Where is the Ring of Fire located?
What is Pacific Ocean.
400
What's going on at a convergent boundary? What do those make?
What is they are crashing into each other and make mountains.
400
What do we call a volcano that: A. Will not erupt again B. Hasn't erupted in awhile, but might C. Has erupted recently
A. Extinct B. Dormant C. Active
400
What is going on at a transform boundary?
What is the plates are grinding past each other, creating friction and earthquakes.
400
Give a brief description of erosion.
What is the process that carries away weathered materials.
400
In what states are volcanoes located? (5)
What is Hawaii, California, Washington, Oregon, Alaska.
500
What is it called when one plate goes under another plate?
What is subduction.
500
List the three types of MOUNTAINS!!!
What is volcanic,
500
An earthquake can produce a large wave called a _______.
What is tsunami.
500
What is it called when erosion DROPS OFF weathered material?
What is deposition.
500
What plates created the Himalayas?
What is India and Eurasian.