Plate Tectonics
This type of plate boundary occurs when plates move away from each other.
What is a divergent boundary?
This rock forms when magma or lava cools and solidifies.
What is igneous rock?
This factor determines whether a river can carry small pebbles or large boulders.
What is velocity?
These thin, wispy clouds form high in the atmosphere.
What are cirrus clouds?
This type of pressure system is the starting point of wind movement.
What is high pressure?
This type of fault occurs when plates slide past each other horizontally.
What is a Transform Boundary
This rock type provides the strongest evidence of past life.
What is sedimentary rock?
The movement of sediment by water, wind, ice, or gravity.
What is erosion?
These puffy white clouds with flat bottoms are usually associated with fair weather.
What are cumulus clouds?
The movement of air caused by differences in pressure.
What is wind?
This specific plate boundary forms mountains with some volcanoes.
What is a convergence boundary / Cont - Oceanic
Heat and pressure can change rock into this type.
What is metamorphic rock?
This landform forms where a river enters an ocean or lake and slows down.
What is a delta?
These thick, layered clouds that cover the sky often bring rainy weather.
What are nimbostratus clouds?
An air mass becomes warmer than the surrounding air. Describe what will happen to its density, vertical movement, and pressure.
What is density decreases, air rises, and a low-pressure system develops?
This difference between oceanic and continental crust determines which plate subducts during a collision.
What is density?
The process where sediments are pressed and glued together to form rock.
What are compaction and cementation?
These wind-formed hills of sand are common in deserts.
What are sand dunes?
These towering storm clouds produce thunderstorms and severe weather.
What are cumulonimbus clouds?
A student says, "Wind forms because warm air always moves toward cold air." Identify the mistake in the student's reasoning.
What is wind forms because of pressure differences, not simply temperature differences?
This boundary can create mountains without producing a subduction zone
What is continental-continental convergence?
This is the only rock cycle process that completely resets a rock's history.
What is melting?
This deposit forms at the base of a mountain where water slows suddenly.
What is an alluvial fan?
This process occurs when water vapor cools and forms liquid droplets that create clouds.
What is condensation?
This instrument measures air pressure and helps meteorologists predict changes in weather.
What is a barometer?