The Good Ol' Times
What the AMOC does
What is transporting heat between the equator and the poles?
The process by which rocks break down into smaller pieces without changing their chemical composition. It is caused by mechanical forces like temperature changes, freeze-thaw cycles, and pressure release.
What is physical weathering?
Water seeping into the ground
What is infiltration?
Abrasion
What is scraping on bedrock caused by rock debris carried by glaciers?
Clay Soil Characteristics
What is charged, natural stickiness, soil structure, larger capacity to hold nutrients, small pores, and slow water drainage?
The effect a high-pressure system has
What are dry and stable conditions?
Compressional forces result in plates colliding, forming different landforms.
What are Convergent Plate Boundaries?
Rockfall
What are pieces of rock being loosened by weathering and falling through the air?
Soil =f(Cl,O,R,P,T)
What are soil formation factors? Climate, Organisms, Relief, Parent Material, and Time
The two main soil orders in Utah
What are Molisols and Aridisols?
The wiggling of jet streams that play a large role in shaping weather patterns
What are Rossby Waves?
The mafic dark-colored crust with a high density
What is oceanic crust?
The angle of repose
What is the steepest angle at which a given kind of slope material will remain stable?
A depositional coastal landform that occurs when the longshore bar gets big enough to appear over the water level
What are Sandbars?
Biome that occurs in continental interiors, inhabited by grazing animals, dominated by semiarid climates, and has predominantly molisols
What is Temperate Grassland Biome?
The three major circulation cells in each hemisphere
What are Hadley, Ferrel, and Polar Cells?
Composite Volcanoes
What are explosive volcanoes formed over subduction zones that are composed of alternating layers of lava and pyroclastics?
What determines whether a river will aggrade or degrade?
What is Lane's Balance?
The amount of water and slope vs. the amount of sediment and grain size
Longshore Drift
What is the movement of sediment along the coast caused by the longshore current?
Mutualism
What is the interaction between individuals of different species that results in positive effects on per capita reproduction and/or survival of the interacting populations?
The average rate at which temperature decreases with altitude in the troposphere
What is 6.5 degrees C/km?
A Fold
What is a bend or curve in rock layers caused by compressional forces in Earth's crust that form when rocks are deformed without breaking during tectonic activity?
Step-like landforms found along valley sides or riverbanks, representing former floodplain or valley floor levels that have been abandoned due to changes in river dynamics
What are terraces?
The slow downslope flow of water-saturated soil and sediment over frozen ground, common in periglacial environments
What is Solifluction?
The environment where organisms operate most efficiently
What is niche?