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How is erosion different from weathering?

erosion involves transportation of material, weathering is breaking down material in place.

Name one example of a transform boundary

San Andreas Fault

In topographic maps contour lines represent

points of equal elevation

Degrees are broken up into these two smaller measurements

minutes and seconds

Name one example of weathering

ice wedging, dissolution, oxidation, abrasion

Name one example of erosion

mass wasting, glacial, wind, water

When writing latitude and longitude coordinates this always comes first

latitude

The youngest rocks are located where on a mid-ocean ridge.

In the center.

Magnetic striping on the seafloor is used as evidence of what process

seafloor spreading (plate tectonics)

Name and example of a divergent boundary

Mid-Atlantic Ridge, E. African rift zone

Name an example of a convergent boundary

Himalayas, Western U.S

when contour lines are close together it means

the surface of the land is steep

Describe the law of cross-cutting relationships

When a layer is cut through by another feature, it has to be older than the feature that cuts through it.

Describe the law of superposition

layers are deposited on top of each other with oldest layers at the bottom and youngest at the top.

Transform plate boundaries occur where plates are

moving side by side

Deposition is

when sediment is deposited, usually after being transported by erosion

Erosion is

the process of transporting weathered material

Weathering is

breaking down material into smaller pieces

This feature forms in areas where two plates are moving away from each other

Mid-Ocean Ridge, or Rift Valley

Name one feature that is often associated with collisions between oceanic crust and continental crust

Volcanoes, Trenches