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What type of plate boundary is this?
Convergent
What IS NOT associated with divergent plate boundaries?
Subduction zones
What is not an example of intraplate volcanism?
Mt. St. Helens
During an earthquake, energy radiates out from the center known as the
focus
What happens to the pressure as altitude increases?
it increases
What causes the Coriolis Effect?
The Earth spins faster at the equator
What defines a watershed?
The divides
What causes Earth's seasons?
Its tilted axis
Earth is closest to the sun in
January
The rain shadow effect is caused by
Mountains
large bodies of water create more _______ in nearby land areas
Stable temperatures
El Niño and La Niña occur at ______ intervals
irregular
El Niño impacts what?
Pacific fisheries, weather in the Americas & Southeast Asia
Layer of atmosphere where weather is produced
Troposphere
Air near the equator
rises then falls
Wind currents are created by
convection currents and the deflection of air masses
What happens in a subduction zone?
denser plate (oceanic) goes under the lighter plate (continental)
convergent plate boundary
two plates move towards each other -> <-
During subduction
magma rises
pressure from magma eventually causes
volcanic eruptions
transform boundary
plates move against each other ↑↓
Subduction creates
volcanoes, mountains
what happens along a transform boundary during an earthquake
sudden drastic movement causes friction and creates faults
what happens along a transform boundary between earthquakes
plates rubbing against each other creates pressure
What type of plate boundary is this?
divergent
What type of plate boundary is this?
transform
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