Plate Tectonics
The two types of crust.
What are continental and oceanic crust?
The model that explains changes from up to downstream.
What is the Bradshaw Model?
What is longshore drift?
An instrument used to measure wind direction.
What is a wind vane?
0° Latitude
What is the equator?
The central point of an earthquake on the surface of the earth.
What is an epicenter?
Four types of erosion.
A sand bar that links the mainland to an island.
What is a tombolo?
An instrument used to measure wind speed.
What is an anemometer?
The gas which contributes most to climate change.
Three types of plate boundaries.
What are convergent, divergent, and transformative?
A feature which is formed when a meander loops back on itself.
What is an oxbow lake?
The three types of coral reefs.
What are fringing reefs, barrier reefs, and atolls?
A chart which shows the average wind speed and direction for a particular location.
A plant which is adapted to desert environments.
What is a xerophyte?
This type of volcanism led to the formation of the Hawaiian islands.
What is hotspot volcanism?
A measure of the efficiency of a stream's shape.
What is hydraulic radius?
What is marram grass?
Three types of high altitude clouds.
What are cirrus, cirrostratus, and cirrocumulus?
The atmospheric current which circulates air from the equator to the topics and back.
What is the Hadley Cell?
Two types of scales which can measure earthquake intensity.
What are the Richter and Mercalli Scales?
An irregularity in the long profile which can lead to waterfall or rapid formation.
What is a knick-point?
A drowned V-shaped valley and its tributaries.
What is a ria?
A unit of measurement of cloud cover.
What is an okta?
A type of rainfall pattern in which water evaporates, vapor rises and quickly condenses to fall down heavily.
What is convectional rainfall?