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Changing landforms!
Earthquakes!
Volcanoes!
wearthing & the rock cycle
plate tectonics
100
______ are large flat areas often used for agriculure
What is plains
100
A _______ is the surface along which rocks break and move
What is a fault
100
A Volcanoe is an opening in the earths crust that release lava, smoke & ash when it ______
What is erupts
100
__________ is a breaking down of rocks into sediments
What is weathring
100
at a________, plates move towards each other and collide
What is convergent boundary
200
_____are flat raised areas of land made up of nearly horizontal rocks that have been uplift by forces within earth
What is plateaus
200
A ____________ travels the fastest of all three types of waves
What is a primary wave
200
Volcanoes that are not active are called _______
What is dormant
200
_____________ occours when rock are broken apart by a physical process
What is mechanical weathering
200
at a_________, plates move away from each other
What is a divergent boundary
300
_______ are formed when rock layers are squeezed from opposite sides when forces within the earth push up the crust
What is a mountain
300
_____________ can pass only though solids not through liquids or gasses
What is secondary waves
300
the hole from witch magma emerges is called a _____
What is vent
300
_____________ occurs when chemical changes dissolve the minerals in rocks.
What is Chemical weathering
300
plates slide past each other along what we called a_________
What is transform boundary
400
a ______ is a trianglular deposit of sediments at the mouth of a river
What is delta
400
___________ cause the most damage during earthquakes
What is surface waves
400
a ____________ is made of gently sloping areas is composed of entirely cool lava.
What is sheild volcanoe
400
________ is the transportation of sediments to another location.
What is Erosion
400
___________ is the study of the movement of large structual features on earths crust.
What is tectonics
500
A _____ is formed by flowing water, or river valley, is usually V-shaped
What is a valley
500
the deep place between the crust were an eathquake begins is called the _____ of an earthquake
What is focus
500
A _________Is an area of Volcanic activit produced by magma rising from the mantel
What is a hot spot
500
The ______ consists of the processes in which rocks are continually changing over long periods of time.
What is rock cycle
500
_______________along oceanic continental boundary create a deep sea trench
What is subduction zone