| A | B |
|---|
| What causes tsunamis? | Underwater earthquakes/landslides |
| What are waves caused by? | underwater earthquakes, gravitational pull of the moon, wind |
| The sun is in line with the Earth and the Moon, causing higher high tides and lower low tides | Spring Tides |
| a quarter moon, causing lower high tides and higher low tides | Neap Tides |
| Pushed toward the shore by waves and pushed back by backwash | Longshore Currents |
| Currents flowing away from the beach | Rip Currents |
| Where does sand come from? | Deposition by rivers with materials coming near the beach and other beaches |
| The horizon consisting of topsoil | A-Horizon |
| Horizon consisting of subsoil | B-Horizon |
| Horizon consisting of weathered parent material | C-Horizon |
| The breakup of rock due to exposure to surface processes | Weathering |
| the removal and transport of materials by agents | Erosions |
| Found in the mantle, caused by rising of heated material | Convection Currents |
| The transfer of energy through light and ultraviolet rays | Radiation |
| the transfer of energy through differences in density | Convection |
| Can be replaced in nature at a rate closest to its rate of use | Renewable Resource |
| Layers of atmosphere | Troposphere (lowest), Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere |
| Air pressure rises as elevation- | rises |
| characterized by uniform temperature and humidity | Air masses |
| Weather for high/low pressure | fair/wet |
