What was the name given to all the continents when they were joined as one super continent?

The movement of the tectonic plates is caused by

Two plates come together or collide at what boundary?

Two plates spread or move apart at what boundary?

Two plates slide past each other at what boundary?

New oceanic crust (sea floor) is created at this boundary.

Oceanic crust (sea floor) is destroyed at this boundary.

The process where oceanic crust slides under another plate and is melted is called ___________.

What two crustal features occur near every subduction zone?

The process that occurs at a divergent oceanic boundary that creates new crust (sea floor) is called?

What is the 'magic' that is happening in the upper mantle that helps move the 'lithospheric plates'?

What is the only event associated with ALL plate boundaries?

These are NOT plate boundary features. They are areas where hot mantle plumes push up through the lithospheric plates to create volcanic islands such as Hawaii.

Erosion is

True or False: The terms weathering and erosion mean the same thing and can be used interchangeably.

The process of transporting weathered material is known as...

The deposit of sediment to a new location is known as...

Which of the following are agents of erosion? (Select all that apply.)

Frost Wedging occurs when rock breaks due to water continually freezing and thawing within cracks in the rock. Is frost wedging an example of mechanical or chemical weathering?

Potable water is water that is ______________.

The pH of healthy water is _______________.

The health of a water system is determined by the balance between what variables (choose all that apply)?

Temperature, turbidity, and water movement are the _____________ factors used to determine water quality.

Dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrates, and salinity are _____________ factors used to determine water quality.

Which will occur if humans continue to overload water systems with excess nutrients?

Which process would most likely increase the dissolved oxygen level in a freshwater lake?

Which is the best example of a point source pollution?

Cholera is a bacterial disease that is spread throughout a community by contaminated water. How can the spread of cholera (bacteria) be prevented?

Which human activity has the most negative impact on water quality?

Which best describes the relationship between temperature and dissolved oxygen in a lake?

Process used in water treatment process where water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms and trash

Process used in water treatment process where chemicals like alum is added to water causing flocs- globs of trash that pathogens stick to.

Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location (e.g., pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels,)

pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single, specific site

Secondary treatment in an aeration basin allows ___________ processes to use microorganisms to grow and continue treating the pollutants in the wastewater.

A river and all the streams and smaller rivers that flow into it together makeup a

Algae can overgrow a lake when the lake contains too many

What landform is this?

Type of boundary that can create mountains?

The earthquakes experienced in California are related to tectonic plates because these catastrophic events are the result of -

The three types of stress that leads to faults include:

. Which type of seismic wave causes the most destruction to property?

The distance between contour lines is called...