GMAS review - Earth Science

___________ is molten rock below the earth's crust.

When magma breaks through the crust, it is called ______________.

A tool that scientist use to measure earthquakes.

The process where soil and rock that is eroded in one location is deposited in another.

Floods can be controlled by building ________.

What process can help with beach reclamation?

If a scientist recommends dredging a shoreline, what is the MOST LIKELY cause?

Deposition that occurs at the mouth of a river.

What is the movement of materials from one place to another by natural methods?

Erosion can be both constructive and destructive.

In a tsunami, what causes the giant wave.

What happens when tectonic plates suddenly slide around?

Earthquakes and volcanoes can both happen underwater.

Stone Mountain is thought to have been created by...

What is the destructive process where rocks and soil are broken down?

The area where two or more tectonic plates meet and move.