Earth Science Unit 4

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

Fault in which walls shear past each other

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

Most plateaus are found

Which of the following usually form along convergent plate boundaries?

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

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

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

Which one is anticline

A mound of windblown sand is called a

90% of the most damaging, continental earthquakes have

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

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

Periods during which glaciers retreat are called

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

This type of fold is a(n):

In a normal fault, the...

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

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

What is an aftershock?

Underground limestone caverns are an example of

Seafloor spreading occurs at

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

The magnitude of an earthquake is a direct measure of

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

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

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

Which type of seismic wave travels the fastest?

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

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

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

Pangaea was the term Wegener used to describe

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

In a reverse fault, the...

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

The most common form of wind erosion is called

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

Erosion along shorelines is primarily caused by

What is this a picture of?

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