Ch. 4

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering?-Rock changing colors

Which way do the arrows go for a transform boundary?

A _________________________ boundary is where two plates slide past each other.

Melted rock at earth's surface is called_____________.

What events will slowly weather and erode Earth?

What happens when a fault ruptures?

Which way do the arrows go for a divergent boundary?

Which way do the arrows go for a convergent boundary?

A__________________ boundary is where 2 plates move toward each other.

Where is the oldest part of an ocean ridge located?

Most earthquakes occur at ________________ boundaries

The lithosphere ____________________ on top of the asthenophere.

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? Rocks slowly dissolving

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? statue turns green

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? Water freezing and cracks rock

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? animal borrowing/digging

___________________ occurs where fast moving river water picks up soil amd moves it downstream.

The ____________________ makes up the crust and uppr mantle of Earth.

In a _________________________ the rising material must eventually sink into Earth.

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? roots growing in a sidewalk

Which process probably led to the forming of the Rocky Mountains?

Plate movement can be seen at the _________________.

Most volcanoes occur at __________________ with _______________________ boundary.

____________ is the process that acts on rock to change its form and break into smaller pieces.

To avoid earthquakes-the best place to live is?

What forms when lava is released under the ocean, cools, hardens and then builds up?

Why fossils of ancient ferns may be discovered in the Arctic?

Seafloor spreading occurs when molten material__________ Earth crust __________ to the surface.

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering? -acid rain

What events will quickly weather and erode Earth?

____ occurs where a river current flows as it enters a larger body of water and drops the soil.

What evidence shows us that the continental drift exists?

Is the following an example of chemical or physical weathering?-an object hits a rock over time

Earth's crust_______________________ and ____________________ and forms mountains.

What can acid produced by lichen do to change a rock?

______________ weathering happens faster under abundant water.

A convergent boundary may have ___________________________ zones. (subduction)