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8.6Nh Final Exam
8.6 NH Final Exam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Tectonic Plate | Tectonic Plates are pieces of Earth’s crust. |
| Tectonic Plate Boundary | There are three kinds of plate tectonic boundaries: divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries. |
| Divergent | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates move apart from one another |
| Convergent | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates crash into one another, either one going under the other, or colliding into one another |
| Transform | a location in Earth’s crust and mantle where two tectonic plates slide past one another |
| Fault | a fracture in the Earth’s crust, where two blocks of rock are being pushed past one another or where two blocks of rock were once pushed past one another. |
| Tornado | a mobile, destructive vortex of violently rotating winds having the appearance of a funnel-shaped cloud and advancing beneath a large storm system. |
| Hurricane | a storm with a violent wind, in particular a tropical cyclone in the Caribbean. |
| Earthquake | a sudden and violent shaking of the ground, sometimes causing great destruction, as a result of movements within the earth's crust or volcanic action. |
| Volcanic Eruption | A volcanic eruption is when lava and gas are released from a volcano—sometimes explosively. |
| Flood | an overflowing of a large amount of water beyond its normal confines, especially over what is normally dry land. |
| Geophysical | relating to the physics of the earth. |
| Meteorological | relating to the branch of science concerned with the processes and phenomena of the atmosphere, especially as a means of forecasting the weather. |
| Hydrological | The science of water |
| Climatological | Relating to the climate |