Rapid Changes 1
Whats a landslide
a mass movement of material, such as rock, earth or debris, down a slope
What is a volcano
An opening in Earth's crust
What is weathering?
Breaks rock into sediments
What are plate Tectonics?
Plate Tectonics are large moving pieces
What are Transform Boundaries
A transform boundary is a fault zone where two plates slide past each other horizontally.
What is a tsunami
giant waves caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions under the sea
What is rapids changes
Wind water and ice tend to take a while to change
What Is The Continental Drift
Earth’s continents are constantly drifting away from each other
How many plates are there?
There are 8 major types of plates.
What Is the lithosphere?
Earth’s crust and upper part of the mantle
What is compression
Compression squeeze the rock until it breaks
What is a depstions
Drops sediment build new land
What is Erosion
Moves sediments from one place to another landforms sandunes
How many plate boundaries are there?
There are 3 Plate boundaries.
what are Convergent Boundaries?
When one plate moves under the other.
What is tension
It pulls the earth crust
What is earthquakes
An intense shaking of the earths surfaces
What Is Seafloor Spreading
The ocean floor is extended at ridges in the middle of the ocean, magma rises, cools and solidifies forming new igneous rock.
How Do earthquakes Form
the plates shift against each other too much, the force can cause vibrations that shake which is what causes earthquakes
What Is the Asthenosphere?
The plate that floats on top of the hotter
What is shearing?
A rock being pushed the apposite directions
What is a fault?
A fault is a break in the rock of Earth’s crust or mantle
What Is another Name for Continental Drift
Pangaea
What are the 8 major plates?
African Plate, Pacific Plate, North American Plate, Antarctic Plate, Nazca Plate, Australian Plate, Eurasian Plate, and South American Plate.
What are Divergent Boundaries
A divergent boundary is where two plates move away from one another.