Earth Science Unit 4

A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea between high cliffs formed by glaciers

Which of the following climatic conditions is most likely to cause accelerated weathering?

Identical fossil remains of Mesosaurus in SA and Africa support the theory of continental drift

The force that can change the size and shape of rocks is called

What is an aftershock?

In a normal fault, the...

Most plateaus are found

In a reverse fault, the...

Underground limestone caverns are an example of

What is this a picture of?

Seafloor spreading occurs at

Which type of seismic wave travels the fastest?

Thick lava that erupts in violent explosions (like Mt. Saint Helens)

An area in which one lithospheric plate is being moved under another is called

If a seismograph station detects S waves shortly after it detects P waves, then the earthquake

A fault formed at the point where two plates slide past each other is called a(n)

Rocks that do not allow water to pass through them easily are called...

The magnitude of an earthquake is a direct measure of

Which one is anticline

Which of the following usually form along convergent plate boundaries?

The primary agents of erosion are gravity, wind, glaciers and ____

The 3 main parts of the water cycle are evaporation, precipitation and ___

Fault in which walls shear past each other

The type of glacier that generally forms in mountainous areas is called a(n)

The San Andreas Fault, a result of horizontal shear, is a _____ fault.

Pangaea was the term Wegener used to describe

Thin lava that generally erupts from oceanic volcanoes (like Hawaiian volcanoes)

The Ring of Fire is an earthquake zone that forms a ring around

Where is Mount Vesuvius and when was it's most famous eruption?

What do we call a layer of rock that is permeable and has high porosity?

A magnitude 8 earthquake on the Richter scale is how many times stronger than a magnitude 5?

The most common form of wind erosion is called

A long, narrow, offshore ridge of sand, may be up to 100 km long, lies parallel to shoreline

Erosion along shorelines is primarily caused by

90% of the most damaging, continental earthquakes have

The measure of how freely water passes through the open spaces in rock or sediment is

An undersea mountain range with a narrow valley running down its center is called a(n)

This type of fold is a(n):

A mound of windblown sand is called a

Periods during which glaciers retreat are called