Plate Tectonics
Concept used to explain earthquake power
Causes a molecule to be stable
What is a filled valence shell?
Cold polar air sinks, forming this type of pressure
What is high-pressure?
The name for a hurricane that occurs over the Pacific Ocean
What causes ocean currents?
This plate boundary occurs on land and underwater, and creates many earthquakes. No volcanism is present at this boundary
What is a transform plate boundary?
Water has an unusually high boiling point
What is Rubber Band Concept?
Impacts of atmospheric conditions on ocean salinity at 60 N
What is high salinity?
Concept used to explain why hurricanes have very strong winds
California Current comes from the poles
What is a cold current?
The plate boundaries with intermediate-depth earthquakes
What is Continent-Ocean, Ocean-Ocean, and Continent-Continent Convergent
The bond between hydrogen and oxygen that creates a water molecule
What is a covalent bond?
The wind direction between 30 N and 60 N
Logic explaining why heavy rain is expected with Hurricanes
What is hot, fast-rising air, cooling quickly, leading to high condensation and precipitation?
Reason why Kuroshino Current is faster than the California Current
What is westward intensification, or Firehose logic
High-silica, sticky magma traps these, causing explosive eruptions
What are volcanic gases?
Water and Oil don't mix because of their oil's chemical properties
What is Non-Polar?
Plants typically live in shallow water because solar energy is depleted at deeper depths
What is 100m?
Hurricane rotation in the southern hemisphere
What is Clockwise
Direction of ocean circulation in the southern hemisphere
What is Counterclockwise?
The event that caused the volcanic eruption at Mt. St Helens
What is a landslide?
Technical term for why water is cooler than other substances
What is Heat Capacity?
The reason atmospheric pressure at 30 N is high
What is more water, higher heat capacity, Colder temperatures, Stovetop, Superball, No Name
The three-star concepts that explain why hurricanes are very low pressure
What is Stovetop, Superball, No Name
This warm surface current flows along the eastern coast of the United States and across the Atlantic toward Europe.
What is the Gulf Stream?