Plate Tectonics
Mountain range formation
What is a row of mountains?
The break down of rock into smaller pieces
What is weathering?
The size of the peak of a wave from CREST to REST
What is amplitude?
A resource that renews or makes itself over in about 100 years
What is a renewable resource?
Conduction
How does energy transfer THROUGH certain materials?
Divergent, Convergent, Transform
What are the three ways tectonic plates move?
The carrying away of sediment (small pieces of rock)
What is erosion?
The distance between peaks (CRESTS) of a wave
What is wavelength?
water, air, trees, wood, sun
What are examples of renewable resources?
Radiation
How does energy move from its SOURCE?
liquid magma or lava
Why do plates move & what do they sit on?
Sediment is carried by moving wind and water and DROPPED off at a new location
What is DEPOSITION?
Frequency (FAIR PEOPLE)
What is pitch?
Nonrenewable resource examples
What are coal, oil and natural gas?
Convection
What is the circular pattern air and water moves in?
Area where the most ( 75%) of Earth's active volcanoes are found
Where is the Ring of Fire?
Occurrences that happen naturally & are sometimes called natural disaster or hazards.
What are natural processes?
Amplitude (crest to rest) (annoy villains)
What is Volume?
Matter from anything that was once living. This matter begins with an "O" and turns into fossil fuels after millions of years
What is organic matter?
Tsunamis, Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and formation of mountains or valleys.
What happens when plates move?
Tsunami, flooding, earthquakes, landform changes, wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, hail,
What are examples of natural disasters?
A tool that measures the movement of the ground during an earthquake.
What is the seismogram?
Fossil fuels form when ...