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CA Geology
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Grab Bag (Ch 1-4)
100
This is where earthquakes occur
Where two lithospheric plates meet
100
A ____________ plate boundary is formed when two plates move towards each other.
What is convergent
100
Name two things that plate interactions have caused in CA
What is earthquakes and mountains, volcanoes
100
This is why CA experiences more earthquakes than the rest of the US.
Because it lies on the boundary of two lithospheric plates
100
___________ is the force that resists the sliding of two surfaces that are touching.
What is friction
200
A break or crack in rock is called _________
What is a fracture
200
A __________ boundary occurs when two lithospheric plates move away from each other.
What is divergent
200
The large fault in CA is this type of plate boundary
What is a transform plate boundary.
200
At about what rate do lithospheric plates move each year
What is cm/year
200
Name the three types of heat transfer
What is conduction, convection and radiation
300
A __________ plate boundary occurs when to plates slide horizontally past each other.
What is transform
300
The process in which on plate is forced beneath another plate.
What is subduction.
300
In which direction does the North American plate move
What is south/east
300
Earth's lithospheric plates scrape past each other at this type of plate boundary
What is transform plate boundary
300
A _____________ map uses lines of elevation to show the shape of Earth's surface
What is a topographic map
400
This is the result of a continent-to-continent convergent plate boundary
What are mountains
400
The two types of lithospheric plates
What is oceanic and continental
400
Cottonwood, CA lies on this lithospheric plate
What is the North American Plate
400
The majority of California lies on this lithospheric plate
What is the North American Plate
400
The four main layers of Earth
What is inner core, outer core, mantle and crust
500
Mid-Ocean ridges occur as a result of this type of plate boundary
What are divergent plate boundaries
500
Lithospheric plates are made of part of what 2 layers of the Earth
What is the crust and mantle
500
These are the two lithospheric plates that CA is on.
What is the North American Plate and Pacific Plate
500
These are the three major groups of rocks
What is sedimentary, metamorphic and igneous