Seasons
The amount of heat the Northern and Southern Hemisphere received is dependent on this.
What is the Earth's tilt?
These types of plates move toward each other.
What is convergent?
The San Andreas Fault is an example of this type of boundary.
What is transform?
This takes 24 hours to complete.
What is a rotation?
The time it takes the Earth to completely travel around the sun.
What is 365 1/4 days?
The hemisphere that receives the most direct rays of the sun experiences this season.
What is summer?
This plate boundary most likely causes earthquakes.
What is transform?
Japan is an example of this plate boundary.
What is convergent oceanic/oceanic?
The thick layer around the Earth's core is called this.
What is the mantle?
As the Earth rotates, the side facing the sun experiences this.
What is day?
The season between summer and winter.
What is fall (autumn)?
Plates that move away from each other are called this.
What is divergent?
The Mid Atlantic Ridge occurs at this plate boundary.
What is divergent oceanic?
A process that breaks down rock into small pieces.
What is weathering?
The orbit of the Earth around the Sun is called this.
What is revolution?
The hemisphere that receives the least direct amount of sunlight experiences what season?
What is winter?
A rift is an example of this plate boundary.
What is divergent continental?
The Cascade Mountains exemplify this plate movement.
What is convergent oceanic/continental?
The thin rocky layer that is the Earth's surface.
What is the crust?
The removal of small pieces of rock by wind, water, or ice.
What is erosion?
The season in the Northern hemisphere when the Southern hemisphere experiences fall.
What is spring?
This plate boundary causes folded mountains.
What is convergent continental?
The Himalayas are an example of this type of boundary.
What is convergent continental?
The imaginary line that runs through the North and South poles. Earth turns around this.
What is the axis?
The one fourth day it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun is reflected on the calendar on this date.
What is February 29?