science Flashcards

1
Q

The physical and
chemical
breakdown of
Earth’s materials

A

weatheting

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2
Q

The transport of
materials from one
place to another by
water, wind or ice.

A

erosion

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3
Q

Lava flows to create
new surface material,
and rock debris and
volcanic ash are
deposited on Earth’s surface.

A

volacin erultions

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4
Q

are built when
continental tectonic plates move and
collide against each other, causing
the plate boundaries to crumple

A

mountain ranges

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5
Q

A process where Earth material’s
may also be transported and left
behind by water,
wind or ice which
creates a new land.

A

deposition

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6
Q

These rocks have been elevated,
usually more than 600 m from its
surroundings as tectonic plates move
against each other.

A

mountains

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7
Q

When rocks are subjected to
very large amounts of stress
that they cannot withstand.

A

faulting

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8
Q

Highest regions of deformed and
disturbed rocks with steep slopes.

A

mountains

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9
Q

also help
shape landforms because they
determine the
amount of
available water
that weather and
erode the land.

A

climatic conditions

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10
Q

Results when rocks are
compressed and bent deep under
Earth’s surface.

A

folding

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11
Q

Processes that
happen when
stress in rocks
causes them to
deform and
change shape.

A

foliding and faulting

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12
Q

Elevated surface features that may be
thousands of kilometers long and
hundreds of kilometers wide.

A

kountain ranges

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13
Q

Hot molten rock or magma
that has erupted onto Earth’s
crust.

A

lava

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14
Q

An airborne matter from
a volcanic eruption and
can be in any size.

A

tephra

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15
Q

The longest in the
Philippines and stretches
from Cagayan province in the north and
ends in Quezon province in southern Luzon.

A

sierra madre

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16
Q

Rock or lava fragments
blasted off in a semi-solid
state and with a diameter
greater than 64 mm

17
Q

Opening of the volcano
where the materials are
ejected.

18
Q

Fragments between 2 and
64 mm in diameter

19
Q

Rock or lava fragments
blasted off in a solid state and
with a diameter greater than
64 mm

20
Q

Fragments less than 2 mm
in diameter

21
Q

Lava erupts like
fountains or pours
out like a flood

22
Q

A special kind of volcano that is wide, low,
and circular

23
Q

example of maar

A

aligator lake

24
Q

May be formed by the
melting of glaciers,
water currents or
erosion and deposition.

25
These are squat volcanoes that are much shorter than volcanoes like Mayon or Kanlaon.
cinder cones
26
Some are small and flat while others are high and rolling.
hills
27
Long cracks in the ground like some volcanoes in Hawaii
fissurez
28
Most famous tourist attraction and consist of at least 1268 hills with heights anywhere between 30 and 50 meters.
choclate hills
29
Broad, vast flat lands that roll slightly and elevation changes little.
plains