CA Earth Science

Earth's lithosphere is broken into separate sections called

Waves erode the land by impact & 

A landform with high elevation and a flat surface is a 

Who first proposed the theory of continental drift?

As the density of air increases, its pressure

My favorite topic in science this year was

An area where magma melts through the crust in the middle of a plate

When contour lines are far apart, the ground has

The rate of weathering depends on the type of rock and on the

The movement of rock particles by wind, water, ice, or gravity is called

A factory in which crude oil is separated into fuels and other products

Earth's plates move because of

The process in which continents slowly move.

Which of the following is a renewable resource?

What process occurs when an earthquake's shaking turns loose soil into mud?

What is the force that pulls rock and soil down slopes?

Which type of seismic waves arrives first at a seismograph?

A contour line that is a closed loop with dashes pointing inside shows a hilltop.

The way the Earth's rotation makes winds curve

A break in Earth's crust where rocks have slipped past each other

The process that breaks down rocks at Earth's surface is called

The transfer of energy through space

The stratosphere helps protect Earth from too much ultraviolet radiation because it contains

The type of stress force that produces a strike-slip fault

Which is not a characteristic of magma from an explosive eruption?

Using your senses to gather information is called

A substance that provides a form of energy as the result of a chemical change

The upward movement of warm air & the downward movement of cool air