3. Our Changing Earth Flashcards
Types of forces affecting earth
Endochanic and exogenic
Types of endogenic forces
Sudden forces and diastrophic forces
Origin point of the earthquake
Focus
The place on the surface above the focus
Epicenter
The earthquake is a measured with a machine called
Seismograph
The magnetic of the earthquake is measured on
Richter scale
Weathering
The breaking of rocks
Erosion
Wearing away of landscap
Deposition
The United material is carried away by water wind etc and eventually deposited
Waterfall originates when
When the river dumbbells at steep angle over very hard rock or down a steep valley
Highest waterfall in the world
Angel falls of a Venezuela in South America
Niagara falls located
Border between Canada and USA
Waterfall on the borders of Zambia and Zimbabwe
Victoria falls
Levees
The raised banks of river are called levees .
It is a depositional feature
Levees
The raised banks of river are called levees .
It is a depositional feature