Cards in this guide (11)
What is the name given to the period immediately following the Civil War
What are small tremors before a major earhquake
Small tremors before a major earthquake are referred to as
foreshocks. They occur before 70 percent of large seismic events,
and to a lesser extent before smaller earthquakes.
The low bedrock ridges and peaks of a highly eroded basin and range desert landscape are called
The low bedrock ridges and peaks of a highly eroded basin and
range desert landscape are called insellbergs. Deposits of
windblown salt are called loess.
When a glacier is retreating does the upstream ice is still moving forward toward the downstream terminus of the glacier
Yes, it is like a shrinking conveyor belt. If the conveyor belt
stops moving, then it is no longer classified a glacier; it is then
an ice field.
What are the three main types of glacial erosion
The 3 main types of glacial erosion are plucking, abrasion and
freeze thaw.
Why are desert landscapes jagged and rocky
there is little chemical weathering to round the landscapes
Is it true or false that the closer an earthquake the greater the time between the arrival of P waves and the arrival of S waves
What are soils that get less 25cm of rain per year
What plate boundary causes seismic waves
Destructive plate boundary.
If the steep face of a sand dune is on the southeast side of a dune then the prevailing wind in this area is from the
What action is described in the third stanza of the poem
What action is described in the third stanza