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Geography: Unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define Mountain | A mountain is one of the largest landforms and has a peak commonly covered in snow. |
| Define Valley | A valley is a low-lying area between hills and mountains, it commonly has a river running through it. |
| Define Plain | A plain is a flat area along valleys, if a plain is near a coast it is known as a coastal plain. |
| Define Plateau | A plateau is a high chunk of flat land. |
| Define Island | A island is regarded as a chunk of land surrounded by water and not connected to any other land. |
| Define Lake | A lake is a body of water completely surrounded by land, which makes it the opposite of a island. |
| Define Desert | A desert is a barren wasteland with little water and plant life. |
| Define River | A river is a stream flowing into another body of water such as a lake. |
| What is the Theory of Plate Tectonics? | The theory of plate tectonics is dealing with the lithosphere and how it moves through convection cells. |
| What is the lithosphere responsible for? | The lithosphere is the surface we stand on also known as the crust and contributes to the movement of plate tectonics. |
| What is the asthenosphere responsible for? | The asthenosphere is what causes convection cells which cause the movement of plate tectonics. |
| What is Earth core responsible for? | The core is what creates Earth's magnetic field and gravity. |
| Who is Alfred Wenger | Alfred Wenger is a German polar researcher, geophysicist, and meteorologist. |
| Evidence supporting the theory of plate tectonics | Things like fossil evidence and sea floor magnetism. |
| A divergent boundary is? | A divergent boundary is a plate tectonic boundary that moves away from each other |
| A convergent boundary is? | A convergent boundary is where 2 plates collide and eventually one subducts. |
| A transform boundary is? | A transform boundary is were 2 plate slide horizontally away from each other. |
| Define Erosion | The gradual destruction of land through wind, water, and ice |
| Define Weathering | The wear away of the appearance of something like rock. |
| The 3 agents of erosion are? | Wind, water and ice |
| How do humans alter landforms | We alter landforms from the removal of plant life (trees) and mining/fracking for resources to make homes. |
| How do earthquakes alter the Earth's surface? | They can cause landslide and tsunami's. |
| What is the epicenter? | It is the point directly above the location of the earthquake. |
| What is the magnitude? | The magnitude is determined by the strongest seismic waves. |
| How do volcanos alter the Earth's surface? | It can cause new land to appear making islands and cause natural disasters like avalanches and tsunami's. |
| What is a seismograph? | A seismograph is a tool in which scientist use to measure and record the magnitude and duration of the earthquake. |
| What is the Richter Scale? | The Richter Scale is the scale that scientist use to record the size of each earthquake. |
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