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Ch 4 Science
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happens when cool,damp air approaches a mountain range? | water vapor in the air condenses and forms rain |
| Why do sea breezes form? | land heats faster than water |
| Which of these can cause an area to have a mild climate? | being near a body of water |
| Which side of the mountain tends to dry | leeward |
| What caused the major features of Tennessee's landscape? | Plate Tectonics |
| How do we measure the magnitude of an Earthquake? | The Richter Scale |
| What is melted rock that reaches the Earth's surface? | lava |
| What device detects and measures Earthquakes' waves? | seismometer |
| The average weather in a place is called what? | climate |
| Underwater earthquakes of great magnitude can create what? | Tsunamis |
| The measure of the weight of air pressing down on an area is called what? | air pressure |
| What is the air pressure at the top of a mountain like? | lower than the air pressure at the bottom |
| What is a natural feature that can slowly affect Earth's surface? | A flowing river |
| What is a rain shadow? | the dry area on the leeward side of a mountain |
| During an El Nino, what are the temperatures near the coast of Peru like? | warmer than usual |
| How are folded mountains produced? | when Earth's plates are pushed into each other |
| What is the dry area on the leeward side of a mountain? | rain shadow |
| The crust and the top part of the mantle make up what? | lithosphere |
| Earth's surface layer is the what? | crust |
| What layer of Earth's interiors lies just below the crust? | mantle |
| The plate tectonics model states that Earth's crust is composed of what? | huge plated of solid rock that fit together |
| What is a fault? | A large crack in Earth's crust |
| What do huge slabs of rock moving suddenly against each other in Earth's crust create? | Earthquake |
| What is an opening in Earth's crust through which magma flows? | volcano |
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