3. Our Changing Earth Flashcards

(28 cards)

1
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Types of forces affecting earth

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Endochanic and exogenic

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Types of endogenic forces

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Sudden forces and diastrophic forces

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3
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Origin point of the earthquake

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Focus

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4
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The place on the surface above the focus

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Epicenter

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5
Q

The earthquake is a measured with a machine called

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Seismograph

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6
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The magnetic of the earthquake is measured on

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Richter scale

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7
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Weathering

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The breaking of rocks

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8
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Erosion

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Wearing away of landscap

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9
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Deposition

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The United material is carried away by water wind etc and eventually deposited

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10
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Waterfall originates when

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When the river dumbbells at steep angle over very hard rock or down a steep valley

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11
Q

Highest waterfall in the world

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Angel falls of a Venezuela in South America

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12
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Niagara falls located

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Border between Canada and USA

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13
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Waterfall on the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe

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Victoria falls

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14
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Levees

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The raised banks of river are called levees .
It is a depositional feature

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Levees

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The raised banks of river are called levees .
It is a depositional feature

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16
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Delta

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The collection of sediments from all the mouths forms a delta

17
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Sea arches

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Cavities become bigger and bigger only the room of the case remains that form csea arches

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Sea caves

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Hollow like caves are formed on the rock . they are called pk

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Headland

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A headland is a coastal landform that juts out into a body of water, usually high and often with a sheer drop

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Sea stack

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A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast

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Sea cliff

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A cliff is an area of rock which has a general angle defined by the vertical, or nearly vertical

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Beaches

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The he wave the deposit sediments along the shores forming beaches

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Stamp

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The material carried by the glacier are called

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Glacier moraines

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Mushroom rock
Rock and the shape of a mushroom usually found in the desert it is a product of wind erosion
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Sand dunes in which feature
Depositional feature in the desert
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Loess
The grains of sand that are very fine and light the wind can carry over alone distance Such hand is deposited in larger it is called l looses
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Types of earthquake waves
P waves S waves L waves