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What is the study of earthquakes and the waves they create called?
What is the study of earthquakes and the waves they create called?
Which of the following is NOT one of the four forces of erosion?
Which of the following is NOT one of the four forces of erosion?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with volcanic activity and frequent, small earthquakes?
Which type of plate boundary is associated with volcanic activity and frequent, small earthquakes?
What are recordings of the ground shaking at the specific location of the seismograph called?
What are recordings of the ground shaking at the specific location of the seismograph called?
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What causes fast subsidence?
What causes fast subsidence?
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What is the major driving force for plate movement?
What is the major driving force for plate movement?
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What determines the size of particles that can be carried within a stream's load?
What determines the size of particles that can be carried within a stream's load?
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Which type of plate boundary typically produces large, shallow-focus earthquakes?
Which type of plate boundary typically produces large, shallow-focus earthquakes?
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What is the strength of an earthquake as perceived and felt by people in a certain locality called?
What is the strength of an earthquake as perceived and felt by people in a certain locality called?
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Study Notes
- Weathering turns solid rock into sediments
- Erosion moves sediments away from their original position
- The four forces of erosion are water, wind, glaciers, and gravity
- Slow subsidence occurs when water within sediment is slowly squeezed out due to overlying weight
- Fast subsidence occurs when acidic water dissolves limestone rock forming underground caverns that collapse
- Streams erode sediments from their banks and carry them as dissolved, suspended, or bed loads
- Velocity determines the size of particles that can be carried within a load
- Streams down cut into their stream beds until they reach base level
- Meanders and floodplains are formed as streams move into lower areas
- Base level is where a stream meets a large body of standing water.
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Test your knowledge of the geological processes that shape our planet with this quiz on weathering, erosion, and subsidence. Learn about the four forces of erosion and how they shape our landscape, as well as the different types of subsidence that can occur. Challenge yourself to understand the dynamics of streams and how they shape their surrounding environments. Test your understanding of how velocity affects the size of particles that can be carried in a stream's load and learn about the formation of meanders and floodplains.
