Land Processes Flashcards
Which one of the following has the most chance of causing an earthquake: A constructive plate boundary, a conservative plate boundary or a destructive plate boundary?
A conservative plate boundary.
With a destructive plate boundary, does one of the plates go under the other or do they both go under and into the magma?
Only one goes under and into the magma.
Name the four types of erosion.
Hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition and corrosion
What happens in hydraulic action?
The water erodes the river bed and banks/cliff e.t.c
What happens in abrasion?
The river’s load erodes the river bed banks/Cliff e.t.c
What happens in attrition?
The river/sea’s load crash into each other, eroding each other.
What happens in corrosion?
The weak acid in the river/sea erodes things such as the load/the river bed and banks/the cliff
