Balanced Biosphere Task 2 Explore Flashcard

Front

What conditions are needed to form coal?

Back

Heat and pressure.

Front

Why are natural resources (oil, natural gas, coal) only found in certain areas on Earth?

Back

They require specific conditions to make which are only found in certain areas.

Front

What geologic feature/event would you most likely find at a divergent boundary?

Back

Rift Valley.

Front

Really big mountains form at which boundary?

Back

Convergent - collision.

Front

This natural resource comes from tropical plants that once lived in swampy areas. What is it?

Back

Coal.

Front

Define a divergent boundary.

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates move away from each other.

Front

What is a convergent boundary?

Back

A tectonic plate boundary where two plates collide.

Front

What is subduction?

Back

The process where one tectonic plate moves under another plate and sinks into the mantle.

Front

What is a rift valley?

Back

A lowland region formed by the divergence of tectonic plates.

Front

What natural resource is formed from the remains of marine organisms?

Back

Oil.