Tectonics
What do we call the plate boundary where plates run into each other?
convergent
What is the largest particle that makes up soil?
Sand
What do we call the highpoints that separate watersheds from each other?
divides
Equator
The measure of solar insolation reflection
Albedo
What do we call the plate boundary where plates pull apart?
Divergent
What is the smallest particle that makes up soil?
Clay
Will pollution be greater above a city or below a city in a watershed?
below
Summer
The layer of the atmosphere that has beneficial ozone
Stratosphere
What do we call the plate boundary where plates slide past each other?
transform
What is the bottom layer of the soil horizons called?
Bedrock (or c-horizon)
What causes water to flow downwards to lower elevations
gravity
In which season does the earth experience exactly 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of night?
autumn/spring
The layer of the atmosphere that has weather
troposphere
Which plate boundary has subduction zones where a plate dips below another one?
Convergent
What soil particle allows the most water infiltration?
Sand
What river does Whittier Christian's pollution eventually flow into?
The san gabriel river
In what MONTH does the southern hemisphere experience the longest days?
December
the name of The effect the spinning earth has on wind patterns
Coriolis effect
Which plate boundary experiences the most earthquakes?
Transform
What is the process of rocks breaking down?
weathering
Currently, is WHCS tilted away or towards the sun?
Away
What is the ecological relationship called when two animals of the same species fight over a resource?
Intraspecific Competition