Small-Scale 1/2
created by an underwater event such as an earthquake, a volcanic eruption or a landslide.
Tsunami
A tectonic plate that has the most volcanic ativity around it.
Ring of Fire
When rocks and soil is broken into smaller particles.(can be 2 different types, Mecanical & Chemical)
Weathering
The peaces of rock in the earth that move centimeters every year.
Tectonic Plates
A natural process that takes place over many years.
Erosion
Caused by a slip on a FAULT line
Earthquake
Plates are moving away from eachother
Divergent Boundary
Masses of rock, earth, and/or debris, that move down a slope due to gravity.
Landslide
Two tectonic plates moving against each other wich causes land mass to be forced upwards
Mountain Formation
Crust, Mantel,inner mantel,Core
Earths Layers
An opening in the Earth which gas, hot magma and ash can escape from.
Volcano
2 plates that are sliding horizontally against eachother.
Transform Boundary
The build up of water on land, and can cause masive amounts of damage.
Flood
The land surfaces under an ocean
Oceanic Basins
Areas of hot vs cooler liquid rock that are always moving up and down.
Convection Currents
Lava
Moving bodies of ice that can change landscapes by shaping mountains, carving out valleys, and moving large amounts of rocks and ground.
Glacers
The hot stuff inside the volcano
Magma
when a tectonic plate goes under another tectonic plate
Subduction
A object used to detect if a earthquake is coming
Seismometer
When ash and lava excapes the volcano
Volcanic Eruption
A marker in water to detect if a Tunami is coming
Surface Buoy
an instrument to measure the tilting of the earth's surface
Tiltmeter