ADDITIONAL INFO Flashcards
The study of the relief features of Earth’s crust
Geomorphology
The science comprising the study of solid Earth, its composition and processes.
Geology
Occurs in many geothermal areas where the surface of the Earth intersects the water table.
Hot springs
Is a phenomenon on the surface where the groundwater beneath the shallow surface is heated up until it explodes into boiling water and steam and then refills its plumbing system with freshwater creating a cycle that can be observed periodically.
Geyser
Is a phenomenon on the surface where the groundwater beneath the shallow surface is heated up until it explodes into boiling water and steam and then refills its plumbing system with freshwater creating a cycle that can be observed periodically.
Geyser
It emits mixtures of steam and other gases such as hydrogen sulfide which forms into sulfuric acid and native sulfur upon contact with other elements.
Fumaroles
It refers to the vertical and horizontal movement of the crust that typically produces the mountains.
Diastrophism
It is the physical removal of rock or wearing down of landmasses by geomorphic agent such as running water, glacial ice, and wind.
Erosion
An example of extrusive volcanism
Volcano
A cone-shaped hill or mountain formed by extrusion of lava or ejection of rock fragments from a vent.
Volcano
A passage or rupture through the Earth’s crust leading to hot liquid deposits of magma within the mantle.
Volcano
The term derived its name from Vulcano, an island of Sicily named after the Roman God of Fire __________.
Vulcan
Are flat, wide surface which are formed by the large outpourings of fluid lava from long narrow openings in the crust.
Lava Plateaus
Is the scientific study of the origin and arrangement of the broad structural features of Earth’s surface known as the lithosphere.
Plate Tectonics
Such movements of the crust is called
Plate tectonics
