https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf Key terms en-us 2016-11-10 13:44:41 UTC 2016-11-11 14:42:10 UTC hello@padlet.com proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136713415 a tsunami is a long, high sea wave caused by underwater earthquakes. Q:how are tsunamis formed? how are they able to do this much damage?]]> 2016-11-10 13:46:12 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136713415 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136713749 about 300 million years ago, all the continents came together and formed a super continent named Pangaea. Alfred Wegener said that only the continents drifted according to his theory.
Q:how were the continents able to drift? ]]> 2016-11-10 13:47:06 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136713749 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136715023 Pangaea is a super continent that existed about 300 million years ago. Pangaea included all of the earths land masses. Q:how did all the continents come together. how long did they stay as a super continent?]]> 2016-11-10 13:50:14 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136715023 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136715846 plate tectonics are the earths outer shell that consists of moving continents of plates that move causing earthquakes, mountains, volcanoes, and the formation of the new crust. 
Q:why do plate tectonics cause earthquakes, volcanoes, mountains, and the formation of the new crust? ]]> 2016-11-10 13:52:07 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136715846 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136719982 convection currents are circular movements in a gas or a liquid created by uneven heat.
Q:how are convection currents created?]]> 2016-11-10 14:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136719982 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136720462 erosion is when the surface of the  earth wears away, followed by the movement to other materials that have worn away
Q:why doe the surface of the earth erode?]]> 2016-11-10 14:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136720462 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136721349 geologic time is the history of the earth's formation to the present. Earth's history is divided into several major time periods, called eras.
Q:why did they call this process geologic time instead of geologic eras?]]> 2016-11-10 14:05:43 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136721349 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136722183 sediments are the materials such as sand or gravel, that is deposited by wind or water.
Q:how did the wind and water deposit sediments?]]> 2016-11-10 14:07:45 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136722183 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136722745 glaciation is the state of being covered by glaciers or massive sheets of ice.
Q:how does glaciation allow the form of the land to change?]]> 2016-11-10 14:09:05 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136722745 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136723695 the Canadian shield is a large area of Precambrian rock that forms the core of Canada. 
Q:how big is the Canadian shield? are any homes built upon the shield? what are the most valuable/used mineral found in the Canadian shield?]]> 2016-11-10 14:11:03 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136723695 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136724332 geoscience is a general term used to describe a wide range of specialized scientific fields within the broad areas of geology and resource management.
Q: how did they come up with the word geoscience?]]> 2016-11-10 14:12:14 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136724332 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136725977 glaciers are slowly moving massed of ice.
Q:how big can glaciers get? why are the glaciers melting and what would happen if all of our glaciers melted?]]> 2016-11-10 14:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136725977 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136726573 landforms are the natural features on the earth's surface. 
Q:how many different lifeforms are there?]]> 2016-11-10 14:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136726573 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136727114 drainage is the process whereby water is removed from an area by flowing out of depressions in the land such as lakes and rivers.
Q:how does drainage happen?]]> 2016-11-10 14:18:07 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136727114 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728087 meltwater is water resulting form the melting of glaciers (ice) and/or snow.
Q:why do they call this process meltwater instead of melting?]]> 2016-11-10 14:20:15 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728087 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728525 topography is the natural and human features on the landscape.
Q:are topographic maps somehow related to this term?]]> 2016-11-10 14:21:13 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728525 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728976 shield is a large area of the Precambrian rock that forms the core of the continent.
Q:are all shields made of Precambrian rock?]]> 2016-11-10 14:22:13 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136728976 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136729420 highlands are the areas of high elevation containing mountains and plateaus.
Q:how do the highlands form?]]> 2016-11-10 14:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136729420 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136729946 lowlands are the areas of low elevations containing plains and hills.
Q: how are the lowlands formed?]]> 2016-11-10 14:24:00 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136729946 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136730352 bedrock is solid rock underneath the soil.
Q:how did bedrock form?]]> 2016-11-10 14:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136730352 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136730660 is the quality of a substance that doesn't allow any liquids or gases to pass through.
Q:what is this substance made of (that it does not allow other liquids or gasses to pass through)?]]> 2016-11-10 14:25:23 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136730660 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136731361 this is the process where softer sedimentary rocks erode more quickly than the harder sedimentary rocks.
Q:how are the softer rocks able to erode quicker than the harder rocks?]]> 2016-11-10 14:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136731361 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732139 is where a steep cliff is formed by erosion or faulting.
Q:how are the steep cliffs formed by erosion or faulting?]]> 2016-11-10 14:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732139 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732365 is a valley created when the proportion of the land between two faults drops down.
Q:how are valleys and rift valleys different or the same if u were to compare them to each other?]]> 2016-11-10 14:29:05 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732365 proianoplayer140 https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732783 is an evaluated flat surface.
Q:how are plateaus formed? approximately how high can they get?]]> 2016-11-10 14:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/proianoplayer140/udet7cwgebbf/wish/136732783