Earthquakes
a sudden movement of Earth's crust
What is an earthquake?
a huge wave that reaches the shore
What is a tsunami?
the process through which rocks or other materials are broken down
What is weathering?
the process through which weathered rock is moved from one place to another
what is erosion?
the place where the slipping begins
What is a focus?
Japanese.
caused by temperature changes, pushing, pulling, or rubbing
What is physical weathering?
a large mass of slowly flowing ice
What is a glacier?
a p wave moves fastest. they move through both solid and liquid layers of Earth. secondary waves travel half as fast and only move through solid layers. S waves move up and down.
it spreads outwards with a ripple effect
causes chemicals to break down rocks
What is chemical weathering?
this may cause land to erode
What is gravity, glaciers, running water, waves, or wind?
this is how an earthquake occurs
When plates suddenly shift after being stuck together
What is a wave port?
this causes rocks to fall down a slope
What is gravity?
the movement of a large amount of wet soil and rocks down a slope is called
What is a mudslide?
the difference between a Richter scale and the Mercalli scale
the Richter scale measures magnitude at the epicenter whereas, the mercalli scale measures what people felt and what happened to objects at a specific location. Richter scale uses numbers between 0 and 9 and the mercalli scale uses roman numerals
What magnitude on the Richter scale will cause a tsunami?
anything greater than 6.5
this is how you can tell a statue was affected by chemical weathering...
the shape or color is different.
erosion and deposition work together to change Earth's surface through what