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Physical Geography

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By: Ella Fornsworth
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Decks in this class (12)

Plate Tectonics- Key Terms
What is the continental shelf,
What is tectonics,
What is the crust
28  cards
Plate Tectonics- content
An example for jigsaw fit,
An example for geological evidence,
An example of climatological evid...
14  cards
Plate Margins- Key terms
What are submarine volcanoes,
What are transform faults,
What is the great african rift va...
13  cards
Plate Margins- Content
Why are the youngest rocks found ...,
What are formed when plates move ...,
What are formed when plates move ...
32  cards
Hot Spots- Key terms
What is a mantle plume,
What is an island chain,
What is a sea mount
6  cards
Hot spots- Content
What are some examples of locatio...,
What is the main theory of how ho...,
How do volcanic island chains form
10  cards
Vulcanicity- Key terms
What is magma,
What is lava,
What are volcanic bombs
19  cards
Vulcanicity- Content
What is an example of flooding re...,
What are the benefits of volcanoes,
Example of geothermal power
59  cards
Vulcanicity- Case Studies
What is the tectonic setting of s...,
What is the tectonic setting of e...,
What is the nature of the hazard ...
28  cards
Seismicity- Key Terms
What is seismicity,
What is the focus,
What is a fault
18  cards
Seismicity- Content
What are the three different eart...,
How deep is a shallow focus earth...,
How deep is an intermediate focus...
51  cards
Seismicity- Case Studies
Background facts on haiti,
Primary effects in haiti,
Secondary effects in haiti
11  cards

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